On the recordJanuary 1, 1903
For the laborers as such, there is in these new captains of industry neither love nor hate, neither sympathy nor romance; it is a cold question of dollars and dividends.
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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This passage from "The Souls of Black Folk" critiques the impersonal, profit-driven nature of the new industrial leaders' relationship with their workforce.
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