Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 16 days agoMaybe Our Railroads Need Some Robber Barons - Is Florida’s Brightline a remedy for our ailing rail system?commonplace.substack.comexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up142arrow-down17
arrow-up135arrow-down1external-linkMaybe Our Railroads Need Some Robber Barons - Is Florida’s Brightline a remedy for our ailing rail system?commonplace.substack.comDavriellelouna@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 16 days agomessage-square16fedilink
minus-squareFardyCakes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up22arrow-down1·16 days agoThe private-public partnership that was responsible for building the US’s original railroads also depended on work camps / slave labor on stolen land. I wonder how they made them so cheaply?! Plenty of work to be done, but this country doesn’t actually want to pay labor. Money goes to speculation, not work.
minus-squareRemember_the_tooth@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·16 days agoBillionaires: “So you’re saying we either have to give up gambling with other people’s money or labor laws? Hmmm…So, uh, how many slaves you need?”
The private-public partnership that was responsible for building the US’s original railroads also depended on work camps / slave labor on stolen land.
I wonder how they made them so cheaply?!
Plenty of work to be done, but this country doesn’t actually want to pay labor. Money goes to speculation, not work.
Billionaires: “So you’re saying we either have to give up gambling with other people’s money or labor laws? Hmmm…So, uh, how many slaves you need?”