• roofuskit@kbin.social
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    Farm work has long been excluded from federal protections. In fact, during the fight to pass the New Deal there were two types of work specifically excluded from the reforms passed (like social security). This was at the insistence of Representatives and Senators from Southern states. Anyone want to guess what color skin most of those workers had at the time?

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      What the hell are we doing as a species. Why are we like this. We should be exploring the stars, not pretending in the dirt, killing, destroying, corrupting everything in our path with deep and malicious intent. I weep for what should’ve been.