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Old Posted Feb 7, 2021, 7:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Centropolis View Post
and, the troubling part is that it is coinciding with an era of increasing labor exploitation during an empires decline. this isnt like a jumbo real estate development conceived of during the fat of the twentieth century while throngs of americans poured into the upper middle class.
It sounds a lot like the 19th century mining towns that quickly bubbled up and were mostly discarded. It also reminds me of Fordlandia, Brazil.
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