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[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

I wasn't trying to present Ford as a hero of the working man. I was trying to show that Ford understood that workers are a resource, not a burden.

You're right about him not wanting workers drinking. Two stories I've heard. The first is that he helped create Prohibition because he thought banning liquor would stop people from drinking. The other is that he helped start a lot of small banks. Workers were taking their paychecks to bars and getting them cashed there. When the bars closed, the workers needed a new place to get their money,