• TBi@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    1940s to 1960s. They weren’t paying fair wages out of the goodness of their hearts.

    So many people died in the war that they didn’t have a big pool of desperate workers. So the workers had more leverage. I.e. if you don’t hire someone then there’s no one else to do it.

    But population has exploded again, and now there are more desperate people who are willing to undercut each other.

      • HerbGrower@slrpnk.net
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        3 days ago

        This is one thing I like about the increasing popularity of communism memes. Make them fear revolution or make them fear Luigi. I don’t care which. Things improve when they fear the many.