Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 19 days agoTIL In the 1800s, individuals secured government jobs through connections to presidents, not by merit. This practice ended after a disgruntled job-seeker assassinated President James A. Garfield,www.americanhistorycentral.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL In the 1800s, individuals secured government jobs through connections to presidents, not by merit. This practice ended after a disgruntled job-seeker assassinated President James A. Garfield,www.americanhistorycentral.comDon_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 19 days agomessage-square12fedilink
minus-squareapfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·19 days agoStill seems to work that way.
Still seems to work that way.