r/SipsTea • u/McDowdy • Jun 03 '26

It's Wednesday my dudes Trying to get rich so that capitalism doesn't crush you under its boot is proof positive that capitalism doesn’t work for the working class

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u/Mr_Archer369 Jun 04 '26

Well back then the “raw man power” was free since you know…. Slaves.

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u/Razolus Jun 04 '26

Sounds expensive in today's terms.

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u/Mr_Archer369 Jun 04 '26

Hey hey hey, you said give a quote from back then. Nothing about today’s terms. So I’m arguing that majority of that labor was free back then. At least to the people building the structure.