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>be me

>Chinese railroad worker in the 1800s

>just got hired to work on the transcontinental railroad

>boss says it’s gonna be great, we’ll make history

>tfw I realize I’m working 12-hour shifts in the blazing sun

>no safety gear, just a shovel and a dream

>every day is a struggle, but gotta send money back home to family

>my coworkers are all in the same boat, we bond over our misery

>one guy gets crushed by a falling rock

>everyone just keeps working, no time to mourn

>boss says “keep going, we need to meet the deadline”

>tfw I see the white workers getting paid more for less work

>they get to take breaks while we’re still digging

>mfw I realize I’m basically a human machine

>one day, I find a piece of coal in my lunch instead of rice

>tfw I’m so hungry I eat it anyway

>start dreaming about what life could be like if we weren’t working ourselves to death

>finally finish a section of track after months of backbreaking labor

>they throw a party for the bigwigs, we get nothing but a pat on the back

>mfw I realize this is my life now

>at least I have my friends to complain with

>but deep down, I know we’re just cogs in the machine of progress

>tfw industrial revolution is just another word for exploitation