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BlancheSplanchnik

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11. Slave and prisoner labor did have a huge part in making HUGE PROFITS

Reply to McCamy Taylor (Original post)

Mon Mar 12, 2012, 01:24 PM

Mar 2012

for the white, male titans of business.

"the economy only thrives when women do the same work as men for a fraction of their wage."
“Needless to say, sexism emerged as a source of outrageous super-profits for the capitalists.”
Angela Davis Women, Race & Class

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18 cents: Why Our Wombs are a Political Battlefield [View all] McCamy Taylor Mar 2012 OP

One of the best ever aides to oppressing people was/is getting them burdened brewens Mar 2012 #1

Exactly!!! Very well said! n/t RKP5637 Mar 2012 #5

Oppression has been a tool of the ruling class for as long as history has been documented siligut Mar 2012 #10

The ability to decide when to have or Ilsa Mar 2012 #2

This is excellent. Seems telling that when the Occupy movement is starting to make shcrane71 Mar 2012 #3

k and r niyad Mar 2012 #4

Well said! K&R Louisiana1976 Mar 2012 #6

I think it's good old fashioned misogyny myself. The selfish material motives BlueIris Mar 2012 #7

Yes, I agree Tumbulu Mar 2012 #9

I was a grocery store cashier in 1965. Lugnut Mar 2012 #8

Slave and prisoner labor did have a huge part in making HUGE PROFITS BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2012 #11