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    Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 6 Feb 2021

    "Carnegie imposed work rules that deprived his employees of virtually all their leisure time; he then built a library and lectured them on how to spend time they did not have” -- Richard White, "The Republic For Which It Stands."

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      1. Ex-Prez Low Energy‏ @ProtectronArmy 6 Feb 2021
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        Mr.Frick was an even nicer guy who would pay visits to the less than cooperative employees.

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      1. Andrew Jackson Lynch‏ @whatsforlynch 6 Feb 2021
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        There's a new board game themed on Carnegie coming out later this year, @ShutUpShow had a great conversation on the issues with using Carnegie as an adulatory theme in their podcast this week.

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      1. Matt Keeley‏ @mattkeeley 6 Feb 2021
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        Whereas Albert Barnes actually paid his workers to come in and look at the art and learn.

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      2. Bill Bereza‏ @bereza 6 Feb 2021
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        A libertarian would say the workers freely contracted away their free time

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      1. flw001‏ @flw001 6 Feb 2021
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        It's a good book

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      1. Bryan Munn‏ @bkmunn 6 Feb 2021
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        We had one in Guelph that the librarians hated (cramped and hot) so they tore it down with Centennial money and built a new one.

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      1. Steven Levine‏ @Left_Hegelian 6 Feb 2021
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        Reading that right now, what a work.

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      1. Herb v/d Dool‏ @herbdool 7 Feb 2021
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        I was just thinking of Carnegie when hearing about Bezos retiring

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