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by foobarqux 4251 days ago
People worked in factories for 14+ hours of continuous work.
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My mother in law broke after 30 years of this. She now costs thousands each month in disability, housing, medical and mobility costs.
At what life expectancy? And, again, what happened if they were injured?
I'm not saying it was good, only that it happened.