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fujiyamasan

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3. Complete race to the bottom
Wed Apr 15, 2026, 05:01 AM
Yesterday

This sounds like something out of the gilded age, where rapid industrialization was just taking root. It was a time before we had any worker protections, union labor, or even child labor laws — this is basically the era republicans want to take us back to.

It’s also the sort of story we’d expect to hear from modern day China or India (although I wouldn’t be surprised if even they tolerate this).

We’re now conditioned to believe this is normal.

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