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[–] neons@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (3 children)

Why would anyone ever blame the Victorians for anything?

They brought us wonderful things such as steamships and child labour!

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 4 points 13 hours ago

don't forget the drugs. oh the drugs

[–] tgirlschierke@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 12 hours ago

I've been reading "Daily Life in Victorian England" by Sally Mitchell recently and everything I read as a big social improvement necessarily implies that this is not how it worked beforehand.

Factory Act limits working day to 12 hours for people under 18. Employment of children under age 10 is prohibited. Textile mills could no longer employ children under the age of nine.

[–] ZDL@lazysoci.al 3 points 17 hours ago

I know, it was a shock to me too. The people who originated most of the toxic "sciences" that put white men on top weren't actually to blame for an incredibly toxic faux-scientific theory. Very rare.