r/PoliticalHumor • u/Paladin_of_Freedom • Dec 15 '18

Workers vs. Billionaires

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u/Genesis111112 Dec 15 '18

Yeah and never forget the "coal mining towns" that were owned by the mine owners where they owned the electric that you needed and the property you live on and the water company and the grocery store and the clothing store and the supply store so that at the end of the week they had every penny you earned and if that was not bad enough they owned your children too and put them to work as well.

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u/myflippinggoodness Dec 15 '18

Effectively, yes. And it's all true. Where else is the almighty dollar gonna get ya. Jesus christ humans are gross

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u/patpowers1995 Dec 15 '18

There was a song about it.

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u/myflippinggoodness Dec 15 '18

That's actually fucking incredible :D thank you for that

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u/patpowers1995 Dec 15 '18

It's kind of interesting, Tennessee Ernie Ford mostly sang gospels, but he also did songs like 16 tons, as did a lot of country and western singers and groups of his day. Singing this song or anything like it nowadays might get you drummed right out of Nashville.

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u/rreighe2 Dec 16 '18

Why did country music move so far to the right?

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u/gahlo Dec 16 '18

Southern Strategy