VetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to Work Reform@lemmy.world · 2 months ago"No precedent in American history!" NYT would have defended child labor.discuss.onlineimagemessage-square207linkfedilinkarrow-up11.57Karrow-down17
arrow-up11.56Karrow-down1image"No precedent in American history!" NYT would have defended child labor.discuss.onlineVetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to Work Reform@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square207linkfedilink
minus-squareim_fine_sandy@nord.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoYep. Same in Australia. I think 20 years ago an American would have told you they have the freedom to choose the level of cover they want, starting from none at all. Now things have deteriorated through collusion or corruption or price fixing or whatever. They’ve made so much money they have too much influence to do away with them.
minus-squareAbyssian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down2·2 months ago They’ve made so much money they have too much influence to do away with them. That one guy on the news found a way. I imagine it wouldn’t even take a thousand of us following that lead before things began to change.
minus-squaregrrgyle@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoProbably wouldn’t even take 10. I say 5. Things already started shifting with the 1.
Yep. Same in Australia.
I think 20 years ago an American would have told you they have the freedom to choose the level of cover they want, starting from none at all.
Now things have deteriorated through collusion or corruption or price fixing or whatever.
They’ve made so much money they have too much influence to do away with them.
That one guy on the news found a way. I imagine it wouldn’t even take a thousand of us following that lead before things began to change.
Probably wouldn’t even take 10. I say 5. Things already started shifting with the 1.