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obstacle1 on Oct 24, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Work versus Life. Greatness versus Family

This is nothing new, it's probably THE innovation of American industrial capitalism. Mirrors precisely what happened during the steel and then auto manufacturing booms: deliberate company towns.

einhverfr on Oct 24, 2013 [–]

And the following comes to mind:

You load sixteen tons, what do you get

Another day older and deeper in debt

Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go

I owe my soul to the company store

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