Max Miller of Tasting History delivered a short summary of the hobo culture following the Civil War up to World War II today.
He reports they were an important component of American labor, not only supplying mobile workers, but with a culture of their own, etc. Given the intention of MAGA and President Trump to stop illegal immigrants, and those immigrants oft-reported importance in filling jobs on farms and low-paying manufacturing jobs, and combining that with an economic future that is darkening as the days pass, I have to wonder:
Will we see a return of hobo culture to absorb the excess labor and fulfill the labor needs of those who provide low-cost products such as farm produce, abattoirs, etc?
