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[โ€“] vimdiesel@lemmy.world 32 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A lot of people are very ignorant about history. This is much better than 12 hours a day 6 days a week and getting paid next to nothing. He wanted his workers to be able to afford the cars they were making

Except the Haymarket Affair, which is a massive reason why we have the 8hr day was back in 1886