New York, child labor, the tightly controlled social stratification of European and English society propelled thousands to risk life and limb rather than live as low caste peons.
Why don't the intellectuals look at the social controls, the 'uptight' lifestyles of the rich and famous? The reality of the dominance of the blue bloods over the masses is forgotten history.
59 posted on 02/28/2008 4:38:53 PM PST by x_plus_one
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