It was a shit job that rose to prominence shortly after the civil war during the era of sharecropping. I’d assume it’s pretty damn high. In general jobs that suck that much get filled by people whose other options are worse.
In general jobs that suck that much get filled by people whose other options are worse.
Reminds me of reading a collection of excerpts from women working in a textile mill in the early 19th century. Like, the conditions are described are fucking HORRIFIC, like, 14+ hour shifts, one day off a week kind of shit. And you know what many of these women write about, other than the grueling conditions?
How fucking great it is. How great it is to be free. To have financial independence. To have something to call their own.
It’s at once inspiring, that humanity can find happiness in the struggle for their own self-actualization even in terrible conditions, and fucking horrifying that THAT state of affairs in the mill was an improvement for those impoverished coming from traditional farms with little hope of learning other trades that would give them independence.
It was a shit job that rose to prominence shortly after the civil war during the era of sharecropping. I’d assume it’s pretty damn high. In general jobs that suck that much get filled by people whose other options are worse.
Reminds me of reading a collection of excerpts from women working in a textile mill in the early 19th century. Like, the conditions are described are fucking HORRIFIC, like, 14+ hour shifts, one day off a week kind of shit. And you know what many of these women write about, other than the grueling conditions?
How fucking great it is. How great it is to be free. To have financial independence. To have something to call their own.
It’s at once inspiring, that humanity can find happiness in the struggle for their own self-actualization even in terrible conditions, and fucking horrifying that THAT state of affairs in the mill was an improvement for those impoverished coming from traditional farms with little hope of learning other trades that would give them independence.