• TheTactfulSaboteur@lemmy.ca
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    1 month ago

    What this guy fundamentally fails to understand is that countries go from low gdp to high gdp not by producing more exports but rather by getting domestic consumption up. Time off is required for domestic consumption to happen. Henry Ford didn’t give his workers time off for their benefit, he did it so they would buy cars.

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      1 month ago

      he did it so they would buy cars to kneecap any union effort.

      Don’t get me wrong, he did the right thing, but it was to stop a union being created rather than some 4D chess move. He did use your logic as the excuse, though.

      • Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee
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        1 month ago

        Even a broken clock.

        People have “forgotten” (ie never taught) that the first step in critically examining the actions of others is to understand their motivation and how it benefits them.