Timely_Jellyfish_2077@programming.dev to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoWe've transitioned from celebrating scientific pioneers in the 19th-20th century to venerating capitalist CEOs in the 20th century who amassed wealth through market domination and reduced wages.message-squaremessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up1197arrow-down126
arrow-up1171arrow-down1message-squareWe've transitioned from celebrating scientific pioneers in the 19th-20th century to venerating capitalist CEOs in the 20th century who amassed wealth through market domination and reduced wages.Timely_Jellyfish_2077@programming.dev to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square23fedilink
minus-squareBassman1805@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up68·1 year agoEdison, Vanderbilt, Carnegie, Rockerfeller… Same shit back then. Careful of the rose colored glasses.
minus-squareChaotic Entropy@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoYeah… a lot of people are venerated posthumously, whereas others can afford to pay to be venerated in their own time.
Edison, Vanderbilt, Carnegie, Rockerfeller…
Same shit back then. Careful of the rose colored glasses.
Yeah… a lot of people are venerated posthumously, whereas others can afford to pay to be venerated in their own time.