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The original was posted on /r/aboringdystopia by /u/lowen0005 on 2023-10-03 03:28:53.
I mean, we have some clear aspects of what was feared. I think the closest country currently is South Korea, given how powerful the corporations are there.
It goes to the point where the main thing young people work towards is the Samsung Aptitude Test, there are whole cities that basically just belong to Samsung. From the factory to the supermarkets where the factory workers shop to the flats the workers live in and spend their time off using Samsung devices.
So company towns that haven’t started issuing scrip yet. My country tried that for a while. It ended in literal class warfare.
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United States. Look into Appalachian coal miner union history. The company towns were part of the story but not the whole of the exploitation of the workers. The Battle of Blair Mountain is the most famous incident. Also the music involved fucking slaps.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NThsT7M4uA