[samiv]

Yeah and it took about 150 years until industrial revolution started to actually benefit the common people and the workers started to have their working conditions improved.

What it took was social democracy and unions and other social movements.

Saying that "it's happened before, it'll be alright" is a bit naive and short-sighted.

[inigyou]

It took a literal civil war, which you don't read about in history books so much because it's not beneficial for the owners of those publishing houses to have more people hear about it. Lots of people died on both sides.

[strictnein]

> which you don't read about in history books so much

Just to clarify, are we referring to the American Civil War? The reason I ask is that the idea that it is not a topic that is broadly covered in history books and discussed at depth all throughout schooling is simply false.

[inigyou]

No, I'm talking about the anti-union violence. This stuff, happening all across the economy, was a civil war: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homestead_strike

[strictnein]

Anti-union violence was a "literal civil war"? Yeah, no it wasn't.