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Henry ford was a piece of shit in many ways but he did pay his workers enough to buy a car. He felt they would sell more cars. Even he understood the value of a fair wage.
https://www.npr.org/2014/01/27/267145552/the-middle-class-took-off-100-years-ago-thanks-to-henry-ford#:~:text=It's%20widely%20believed%20that%20Henry,Berkeley%2C%20labor%20economist%20Harley%20Shaiken.