The next suggestion will be to bring back the poor farms and poor houses. What's left of one is near a Chicago suburbs. They were actually considered progressive for the time, because governments did little to in past times to provide for people who were old, in ill health, destitute, had no one to care for them, etc. I took a tour of th…
The next suggestion will be to bring back the poor farms and poor houses. What's left of one is near a Chicago suburbs. They were actually considered progressive for the time, because governments did little to in past times to provide for people who were old, in ill health, destitute, had no one to care for them, etc. I took a tour of the site as led by a state archeologist. Everything in a poor house/farm was regulated - meals, sleep, work, education, etc. Anyone there was likely considered "inferior" in some capacity (never bad luck!), and I think these attitudes permeate our social fabric today. We walked past fields of mass graves - basically row upon row where bodies were rolled in together during mass burials, and then covered with soil. Eventually a row would be full, with a few layers, and a new one would be started. There are no markers, except in whatever records that have survived. Today's billionaires seem to be longing for such days. Progress has reversed in some history times. It is our responsibility to protect and continue it.
The other aspect of this area is it was created where there used to be a large settlement of indigenous people. That is another difficult immigrant story, so I will sign off now.
The next suggestion will be to bring back the poor farms and poor houses. What's left of one is near a Chicago suburbs. They were actually considered progressive for the time, because governments did little to in past times to provide for people who were old, in ill health, destitute, had no one to care for them, etc. I took a tour of the site as led by a state archeologist. Everything in a poor house/farm was regulated - meals, sleep, work, education, etc. Anyone there was likely considered "inferior" in some capacity (never bad luck!), and I think these attitudes permeate our social fabric today. We walked past fields of mass graves - basically row upon row where bodies were rolled in together during mass burials, and then covered with soil. Eventually a row would be full, with a few layers, and a new one would be started. There are no markers, except in whatever records that have survived. Today's billionaires seem to be longing for such days. Progress has reversed in some history times. It is our responsibility to protect and continue it.
The other aspect of this area is it was created where there used to be a large settlement of indigenous people. That is another difficult immigrant story, so I will sign off now.