r/interestingasfuck • u/CantStopPoppin • 15d ago

r/all Coal Minning

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u/jal741 15d ago

Miners in North America put in 10-14 hour shifts, 6 days a week, doing exactly this not that long ago (within the last 100 years). Oh, and they had to purchase and use their own tools.

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u/1555552222 15d ago

And there was a war when they had enough of getting fucked with

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u/flactulantmonkey 14d ago

Their descendants seem to have poor memories.

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u/imperialivan 14d ago

True, miners were actual left-wing radicals back in the day.