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[–] vga@sopuli.xyz 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Yep.

The lesson every left-of-center person certainly takes from this is that nearly everything has become dramatically better in the last 200 years. And will presumably continue to get better in the future.

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 4 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

But only if we fight for it as hard as those early trade unionists and socialists did. o7

[–] vga@sopuli.xyz 2 points 19 hours ago

True, the rewards will naturally flow to the top, and it's important to keep that from happening in excess.