The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 3 months agoA necessary reminder that our work/life structure is flawedlemmy.worldimagemessage-square98fedilinkarrow-up11.58Karrow-down124
arrow-up11.55Karrow-down1imageA necessary reminder that our work/life structure is flawedlemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 3 months agomessage-square98fedilink
minus-squareZachariah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up128·3 months agoAnd even that was a compromise from just working until you drop. People organized and died for the 40-hour workweek.
minus-squareThe Quuuuuill@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up45·3 months agoLiterally got on trains, headed into West Virginia, shot at each other, stormed machine gun pillboxes, and got bombed. If it weren’t for those people we’d still be in labor camps
minus-squareHootinNHollerin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up23·3 months agoPinkertons murdering workers at Carnegie Steel
minus-squareCatLikeLemming@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·3 months agoThe same Pinkertons that were sent after some guy who grabbed a few Magic the Gathering cards?
minus-squareMirshe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·3 months agoHe didn’t even grab them, he was sent the wrong box by the warehouse by mistake.
minus-squareThassodarlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 months agoPretty sure Nintendo has made use of the Pinkertons as well.
And even that was a compromise from just working until you drop. People organized and died for the 40-hour workweek.
Literally got on trains, headed into West Virginia, shot at each other, stormed machine gun pillboxes, and got bombed. If it weren’t for those people we’d still be in labor camps
Pinkertons murdering workers at Carnegie Steel
The same Pinkertons that were sent after some guy who grabbed a few Magic the Gathering cards?
He didn’t even grab them, he was sent the wrong box by the warehouse by mistake.
Pretty sure Nintendo has made use of the Pinkertons as well.