anotherlife
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Do you know the old Tenessee Ford song of I owe my soul to the company store?
You load sixteen tons, what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in debt
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store…
Full lyrics on Google Play Music
In those days, miners and steel workers were forced to spend all their wages before they earned it because the only shop at their camps was the company shop and it set prices such that they never had to actually pay a wage to the workers.
Today, the government and the central banks define you with credit files that are designed to do this same thing and push every price out of your reach by underwriting every loan until you owe all your money away before you earn it.
Why am I the only student who ever thought of this blatant precedence?
You load sixteen tons, what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in debt
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store…
Full lyrics on Google Play Music
In those days, miners and steel workers were forced to spend all their wages before they earned it because the only shop at their camps was the company shop and it set prices such that they never had to actually pay a wage to the workers.
Today, the government and the central banks define you with credit files that are designed to do this same thing and push every price out of your reach by underwriting every loan until you owe all your money away before you earn it.
Why am I the only student who ever thought of this blatant precedence?