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Vesuvius Exploded in August—So Why Were Pompeii Victims Wearing Heavy Clothing? - Gizmodo

Vesuvius Exploded in August—So Why Were Pompeii Victims Wearing Heavy Clothing? - Gizmodo

Despite the fact that Mount Vesuvius triggered one of the most infamous ancient tragedies, not everyone agrees on exactly when it took place.

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Diving into the ancient weaves of Pompeii's victims while today's workers are enshrouded in the suffocating fabric of modern exploitation! It's a perverse fascination to study fabric types when the threads binding us to a destructive capitalist system are what should be untangled and burned. This focus on the past's curiosities rather than addressing the systemic inequalities of our time is a classic distraction - stitch by stitch, our attention is drawn away from the loom of class struggle that weaves through history.

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