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Topic: Henry Ford explains America's trickle down-inflicted poverty

HaikerensGuide !0VegJ9Jl.Q started this discussion 13 years ago #25,466

Where people work longest and with least leisure, they buy the fewest goods. No towns were so poor as those of England where the people, from children up, worked fifteen and sixteen hours a day. They were poor because these overworked people soon wore out -- they became less and less valuable as workers. Therefore, they earned less and less and could buy less and less.

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/275180-where-people-work-longest-and-with-least-leisure-they-buy

Meta !PARAdoxiHw joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 1 hour later[^] [v] #388,255

This worked great until fucking idiots started buying Volkswagens and Toyotas...

HaikerensGuide !0VegJ9Jl.Q (OP) replied with this 13 years ago, 14 hours later, 15 hours after the original post[^] [v] #388,343

@previous (Meta !PARAdoxiHw)
Right. It couldn't possibly be that the cars were low-quality garbage that can't take a fucking corner without going 5mph. And the fuel economy of the cars were horrible.

Meta !PARAdoxiHw replied with this 13 years ago, 4 minutes later, 15 hours after the original post[^] [v] #388,345

@previous (HaikerensGuide !0VegJ9Jl.Q)
Yes, a VOlkswagen can take corners fast once it's been in the shop about 40 times for electrical gremlins.

Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 1 day later, 2 days after the original post[^] [v] #388,627

lol @ confusing cause and effect

Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 6 minutes later, 2 days after the original post[^] [v] #388,628

@388,343 (HaikerensGuide !0VegJ9Jl.Q)
why are you obsessed with cars suddenly?

doctor dreamworks md !jdTkvovFCQ joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 45 seconds later, 2 days after the original post[^] [v] #388,629

@previous (D)
he got a drivers license

(Edited 14 seconds later.)

Anonymous D replied with this 13 years ago, 14 minutes later, 2 days after the original post[^] [v] #388,631

@previous (doctor dreamworks md !jdTkvovFCQ)
oh that explains it

he thinks he's an expert on cars now

HaikerensGuide !0VegJ9Jl.Q (OP) replied with this 13 years ago, 1 hour later, 2 days after the original post[^] [v] #388,636

@388,628 (D)
got netflix recently so i get to watch top gear a lot more

Anonymous D replied with this 13 years ago, 13 minutes later, 2 days after the original post[^] [v] #388,641

@previous (HaikerensGuide !0VegJ9Jl.Q)
Top Gear is the finest motoring show... In the world.

I'm sorry for being snarky. If you're following Top Gear then you probably know a bit about cars.
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