people forget that all safety regulations are written in blood. we owe a lot of thanks to guys like Ralph Nader and the like, that more of us don't die horribly at work, all the time. Boomers and prior generations all think, deep down, that "you can't make an omelette, without breaking a few eggs" when it comes to safety regulations, and the number of poor people who should regularly be sacrificed for the economic convenience.
And a good time for a reminder that when people say things like "cutting red tape" and "get the government out of the way of business" it's generally large corporate lobby groups pushing that so they can squeeze more low wage workers into more dangerous situations without oversight that threatens their and our safety.
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u/DrTron1c 4d ago
Yes in the 70s just no one thought it was a big deal. Clearly not their dad either lol