Comments by "N Velsen" (@nvelsen1975) on "How India Founded a Steel Industry" video.

@Confucius_Says... That is false. In 1594 Spain already had it via the Ordenanzas de Felipe II. The New Lanark Mill had an 8 hour workday in 1817. That was before Tata became a druglord growing opium, and well before Tata used his criminal money to buy his first factory.
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Uhm, the Tatas were already extremely wealthy though. They're the drug lords who grew most of the opium that destroyed China. The Opium Wars were started in large part for and by Tata. It's no coincidence the story starts with him going to Hong Kong: That city was founded by Tata's principal smugglers, now known as HSBC, back Jardine Matheson & Co. It's quite a change, from drug lords to industry moguls, but it shouldn't be forgotten that Tata was built on drug smuggling and indescribable cruelty.
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Hope you enjoy being poisoned to death while they break every environmental regulation that exists. Tata are some of the worst sh*tbags in the industry. Unsurprising I guess as they were drug lords who got rich off of opium.
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That's not because of Tata, that's because Tata outright bought quality producers (and their knowledge) such as Koninklijke Nederlandse Hoogovens en Staalfabrieken NV. All Tata did was take that existing stock, then break half of the safety and all of the environmental regulations to increase the profits, and carry on as they were. I guess that MO shouldn't come as a surprise for a clan that consists of drug lords. Tata only had money because they grew the opium that destroyed China. The Opium Wars were started for and by pressure from Tata.
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