Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 个月前Remember, kids! Unregulated capitalism is not your friend!slrpnk.netimagemessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up1428arrow-down121file-text
arrow-up1407arrow-down1imageRemember, kids! Unregulated capitalism is not your friend!slrpnk.netTrack_Shovel@slrpnk.net to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 个月前message-square39fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSand3rs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up50·7 个月前I pulled up the Wikipedia article for the 4 penny coffins and found that George Orwell is one of the references for it. Thought that was interesting. Here’s the page https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_penny_coffin
minus-squarehorseloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 个月前Another great source is Henry Mayhew’s “London Labour and the London Poor”. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Labour_and_the_London_Poor
minus-squareLojcs@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up14·7 个月前 … the coffin house was popular because it offered an economical and mid-range solution for homeless clients …
minus-square60d@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 个月前What a nice humanitarian gesture these are. Something Bill Gates would do instead of paying his taxes.
I pulled up the Wikipedia article for the 4 penny coffins and found that George Orwell is one of the references for it. Thought that was interesting. Here’s the page https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_penny_coffin
Another great source is Henry Mayhew’s “London Labour and the London Poor”. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Labour_and_the_London_Poor
What a nice humanitarian gesture these are. Something Bill Gates would do instead of paying his taxes.