Libertarian nonsense

Here is a silly graphic that is circulating on the Internet: The historian in me has to point out that a lot of this is drivel – and imaginary past that bears almost no resemblance to what 125 years ago actually looked like. 125 years ago child labor was legal. And common. Most milk bought in a city was adulterated. To say nothing of packaged meat products. “Freedom of contract” caused most working men to...