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As billionaires’ wealth soars, US workers struggle: ‘The rich keep getting richer for no good reason’ (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] nik282000@lemmy.ca 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

There is a reason. North America is, and always has been, a tool for extracting resources and labour from 'the new world', businesses moved from Europe to America specifically because slavery was still a legal option.

While slavery in name is gone, in practice it is still very much present in the form of minimum wage and part time employment.

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[–] Malyca@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 days ago

Slavery is still allowed for prisoners :(

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