In the early 20th century there were movements to force people into undesirable jobs "for the good of the economy" - aka slavery by another name. I can see shit like this coming back.
“A Suggestion on the Negro Problem”. Gilman wrote that the mere fact of Black people in America caused “social injury”. Her “suggestion” for that “problem”? A forced labor corp, complete with uniforms and bases.
Coming back? This is already the modern reality. In the UK recently, average wages threatened to go up slightly and Amazon/McDonalds struggled to hire minimum wage workers - The response? Increases to cost of living, drop unemployment payouts, further restricting eligibility for benefits and recently a demand that employers stop giving employees wage increases.
Lo and behold, McDonalds and Amazon do not have trouble getting workers anymore. We live in a slavery system right now.
In the early 20th century there were movements to force people into undesirable jobs "for the good of the economy" - aka slavery by another name. I can see shit like this coming back.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/oct/07/kitchen-design-history-society
Coming back? This is already the modern reality. In the UK recently, average wages threatened to go up slightly and Amazon/McDonalds struggled to hire minimum wage workers - The response? Increases to cost of living, drop unemployment payouts, further restricting eligibility for benefits and recently a demand that employers stop giving employees wage increases.
Lo and behold, McDonalds and Amazon do not have trouble getting workers anymore. We live in a slavery system right now.