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I mean your analogy is almost there. The loom is pretty old. What your grasping for is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power-loom_riots https://en.wikipedia.org/
by KaiserPro 1y ago
I mean your analogy is almost there. The loom is pretty old.
What your grasping for is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power-loom_riots https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power-loom_riots
Where a precipitous drop in earning power, combined with longer working hours, high inflation and large companies making people unemployed cause large social unrest.
And yeah, I can see why they rioted.
- FergusArgyll 1y agoYeah, life has just been on a steady decline since 1826. Who wants all this food and medicine anyway
- KaiserPro 1y agoI mean if you want that argument then sure, but given that those riots were one step in a long path to workers rights. The lesson here is that if we avoid exploiting workers and/or throwing them out on their arses, we can sidestep a load of social upheaval. or we can not and just end up having a blood bath.