Capitalism Overreach — The West Virginia Coal Mines

Craig Martineau
15 min readSep 17, 2019

The Agony of Suffering in the Violent Coal Mines

The Greed and Authority of the Robber Barons and the Workers They Cheated

Should All Americans Participate in the Benefits of the Fourth Industrial Revolution?

A Study of West Virginia Coal Mining in the 20th Century

And Which Plan for the Future and Who is Going to Choose It?

  • >Nick Mullen
  • >Background
  • >Nick Mullen — Personal History
  • >The Situation was Forecast
  • >The Usual Refrain — Competition Kills Wages
  • >Another Curse
  • >A New Theory — hope to restart economies
  • >So here We Are
  • >The Future — A Glimpse
  • >Currently
  • >The Future is Now
  • >The Consequences
  • >Going down the Same Road — Again?
  • >The New American Dream
  • >So Here We Are — Again
  • >Plan the Transition
  • >Work the Plan — Invite all Americans to this Revolution

I read an article yesterday regarding the state of the coal industry. The article detailed how Capitalism and Greed reared its head in creating the industry. It…

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Craig Martineau

Retired. A lifelong love affair with words. I write on Medium, WordPress, Substack with The Lighthouse Blog, and the newsletter "Have you ever wondered...Why?"