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[-] hondacivic@lem.sabross.xyz 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Laborers weren't fairly treated (in terms of wages, at the very least) before or after that date. It got worse, actually. The problem is that some of those who lived through those times are also saying that the minimum wage is currently too high.

[-] spujb@lemmy.cafe 4 points 1 year ago

notably, no one who says that is making anywhere near minimum wage

[-] hondacivic@lem.sabross.xyz 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Sometimes they are. It reminds me of the Association of German National Jews.

[-] Zink@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

Slightly less poor people don’t have to be very far up the scale to look down on the slightly more poor. It’s a major part of the conservative playbook after all.

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