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I'm sorry, but when was it exactly that the meat packing industry offered a "middle class way of life"? Was it in the early 20th century when they exploited thousands of European immigrants in the Chicago slaughterhouses? Or in the present day when they exploit immigrants from central and south America?
Probably back when they were butchers and not meat packers