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[โ€“] TeddE@lemmy.world 4 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

The slavery is the point. The robber-barons of 100 years ago determined a tired, busy workforce doesn't have time to organize or protest.

(The idea wasn't precisely new - they didn't invent exploitation, but they shaped the industrial revolution and as such their impact can be felt across the modern world.)

Don't forget traumatized and isolated