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Old 12-27-2013, 10:36 AM  
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Originally Posted by dyna mo View Post
the difference isn't in people, it's in how government is in bed with big business. today, big businesses are too big to fail and get backed up with government support.

back then, big businesses such as standard oil were deemed too big, anti-trust laws were used to bust the trusts
Sure, but questions of justice and morality are still issues that different people will answer very differently.

For example, today almost all Americans believe slavery is immoral and wrong, but go back 200 years and question slavery. The divide was enough to fan the flames of a civil war.

Same with child labor laws, environmental protection, minimum wages, etc.

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