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by klyrs 849 days ago
You were responding to somebody talking about farm labor, by talking about industrial labor. I'm not gonna pick a side here, but to say that what you each present as fact is not in conflict.
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They're saying that the person above was misrepresenting average working hours by choosing the farming industry to make their comparison.
He’s not wrong, though hh. The claim made was true 150-175 years ago, but not 100.