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Blame Conservative Economics

I work in the investment industry, which is full of brash, 30-year-old guys who love to claim they are conservative when it comes to economics. So let’s review America’s historical experience with conservative economics. We had slavery throughout the South until 1865 when it then migrated to the prison industrial complex. We had child labor until the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. We still have no mandatory sick leave or lunch breaks. Most states have not passed laws to correct this. We are almost the only country with no paid childbirth leave even though we boast one of the highest rates of C-sections. America’s conservative economics consolidates human subjugation, suffering, and exploitation. Blame conservative economics for the horrid work conditions observed throughout this /antiwork movement. Why would anyone align with this? Why do people keep voting for this?


I work in the investment industry, which is full of brash, 30-year-old guys who love to claim they are conservative when it comes to economics. So let’s review America’s historical experience with conservative economics.

  1. We had slavery throughout the South until 1865 when it then migrated to the prison industrial complex.

  2. We had child labor until the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.

  3. We still have no mandatory sick leave or lunch breaks. Most states have not passed laws to correct this.

  4. We are almost the only country with no paid childbirth leave even though we boast one of the highest rates of C-sections.

America’s conservative economics consolidates human subjugation, suffering, and exploitation. Blame conservative economics for the horrid work conditions observed throughout this /antiwork movement.

Why would anyone align with this?

Why do people keep voting for this?

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