minus-squareFardyCakes@lemmy.worldtoMildly Interesting@lemmy.world•Maybe Our Railroads Need Some Robber Barons - Is Florida’s Brightline a remedy for our ailing rail system?linkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down1·14 days agoThe private-public partnership that was responsible for building the US’s original railroads also depended on work camps / slave labor on stolen land. I wonder how they made them so cheaply?! Plenty of work to be done, but this country doesn’t actually want to pay labor. Money goes to speculation, not work. linkfedilink
minus-squareFardyCakes@lemmy.worldtoHistory Memes@lemmy.world•take all the time you need.linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·14 days agoUh, I’m pretty sure it was Adam and Steve. Jeez nobody goes to church anymore. linkfedilink
The private-public partnership that was responsible for building the US’s original railroads also depended on work camps / slave labor on stolen land.
I wonder how they made them so cheaply?!
Plenty of work to be done, but this country doesn’t actually want to pay labor. Money goes to speculation, not work.