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Re:White House Launches US Digital Corps by nicky0 on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @02:41AM (#28364650)
Yes but 11 construction workers died building the Golden Gate Bridge (which was actually pretty low for such a project at the time). How does that factor in to the story?
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Re:White House Launches US Digital Corps by ianhawes on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @06:57AM (#28366245)
Not at all?

Tragic sure, but what’s the point? Think of all the lives saved by not having to ferry people.

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Re:White House Launches US Digital Corps by bananabreakfast on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @04:17PM (#28373028)
What do you mean what's the point? Don't be intentionally obtuse.

The point is that those people died due to labor practices of the time, not some tragic fluke accident.

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Re:White House Launches US Digital Corps by addingnumbers on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @11:15AM (#28369138)
I like to imagine it's possible to build a bridge without getting any of your laborers killed.
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