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#21 Whose America?: Prologue

The Martyr Made Podcast

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John Henry and the Power Driven Rock Drill

The days of the steel drive ind man came to an end. A man like john henry could still get a job operating a jack hammer, but now he was competing with the great mass of average men that his great strength had previously placed him beyond. The heroic quality of the labor had been lost. Men generally were questioning the trend to their age. They saw the powers of the air, steam and water performing work that would have required the labor of thousands. Orestes brownson wrote in 18 forty, you know, sir, if you know anything, it is altogether more difficult for the common laborer to maintain the same social position now than 50 years ago.

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