Cobalt Coal post 219
While we sit at our keyboards and gaze at the numbers and charts..the real risk is taken by the workers.
Our risks..." maybe get a blister on our mouse finga.. maybe get a blister on our bum...
"they gotta move that damn conveyor , they gota suck that dust into their lungs"
The charts and the numbers do not reflect the human element. That unknown is what keeps it all interesting! What all investors do is gamble that there are enough people who will risk hazards such as black lung to move some numbers around in a portfolio. This disconnect is ignored! Every item of " stuff " in your house comes from the efforts of humans somewhere in the world who get up and go to work in environments which can be highly toxic and dangerous.
It's dark as a dungeon and damp
as the dew,
Where the danger is double and
pleasures are few,
Where the rain never falls and
the sun never shines,
It's dark as a dungeon way down
in the mine.
---Merle Travis, "Dark as a Dungeon