i just wish to point out that 1 reason we spend what we do on the social safety net

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2. Reminds me of conditions in the industrial revolution

I've been watching a fascinating series, "The Mill", on Amazon Prime - free series with ads.

It's the story of Quarry Bank Mill in England in the 1800s at was at the boom of industrialization and the cotton weaving industry. Many people were driven off their farms and into cities into poorhouses and workhouses.

The mills "apprenticed" children from the workhouses for 10 years labor in exchange for room and board. As horrible as the conditions were, at least those priced out of housing had somewhere to go.

We don't even have workhouses anymore.