GodlessCommie@lemmy.worldM to Late Stage Capitalism@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoCapitalism is worse. Kings were chosen by accident of birth. CEOs are chosen through a contest where the most inhuman psychopath wins.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square70fedilinkarrow-up1772arrow-down135
arrow-up1737arrow-down1imageCapitalism is worse. Kings were chosen by accident of birth. CEOs are chosen through a contest where the most inhuman psychopath wins.lemmy.worldGodlessCommie@lemmy.worldM to Late Stage Capitalism@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square70fedilink
minus-squarePlastic_Ramses@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·6 months agoDo company towns still exist?
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·6 months agoWhen I meet someone in Seattle, I ask them if they work for Amazon or Microsoft. Usually I’m correct.
minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·6 months agoBut that’s still a city all on its own. A company town is owned, administered, and policed by the company.
minus-squareScrotusMaximus@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up9·6 months agoSee also: cities where the healthcare system or hospital system is the largest employer.
minus-squareGuy Dudeman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-26 months agoYes: https://jacobin.com/2021/07/amazon-warehouse-communities-towns-geography-warehouse-fulfillment-jfk8-cajon-inland-empire https://www.seattletimes.com/business/amazon/thanks-to-amazon-seattle-is-now-americas-biggest-company-town/ https://restofworld.org/2021/amazon-warehouse-tijuana/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_towns_in_the_United_States https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/americas-company-towns-then-and-now-180956382/
minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 months agoLook at oil companies. They have to house a lot of workers in remote areas.
Do company towns still exist?
When I meet someone in Seattle, I ask them if they work for Amazon or Microsoft. Usually I’m correct.
But that’s still a city all on its own. A company town is owned, administered, and policed by the company.
See also: cities where the healthcare system or hospital system is the largest employer.
Yes:
https://jacobin.com/2021/07/amazon-warehouse-communities-towns-geography-warehouse-fulfillment-jfk8-cajon-inland-empire
https://www.seattletimes.com/business/amazon/thanks-to-amazon-seattle-is-now-americas-biggest-company-town/
https://restofworld.org/2021/amazon-warehouse-tijuana/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_towns_in_the_United_States
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/americas-company-towns-then-and-now-180956382/
Look at oil companies. They have to house a lot of workers in remote areas.