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by GigabyteCoin
4539 days ago
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I just watched the grapes of wrath last night for the first time. Amazing movie. It was released in 1940, just a year after the book. I guess some things will never change, unfortunately. I hope someone gives these poor workers the decent wages and decent lives they deserve, and soon. |
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I feel this way too sometimes, but if you step back you realize things change all the time. In America people banded together into worker's unions which fought tooth and nail to be treated fairly. Unions in America clearly have some shortcomings, but it did manage to move the needle from Grapes of Wrath style living to a more equitable and humane existence for workers.
Clearly these workers (and elsewhere in Asia) are starting to organize. Perhaps they too can enjoy a larger portion of the fruits of their labour.
Of course, the downside of constant change is things can get worse too and it's often very difficult to know which direction makes things better and which direction will makes things worse. Indeed, most won't even agree on what is better and what is worse.