By dramatizing the suffering of the coalminers and contrasting their misery with the depravity of the mining moguls, Lillo sought to galvanize resistance against oppressive mining industries.
Consequently, the £1bn of assets that underpin these products will no longer be invested in companies involved in activities including arms trade with oppressive regimes, the fossil fuel industry, the fur trade or the tobacco industry.
In the eyes of his critics in the British film industry, Davis's oppressive personality helped strangle the industry at a time when it could have done with powerful friends.
One plausible analysis of the student's psychology is that she has internalized the oppressive norms of the fashion industry, in which one's appearance is tied to self-worth.
Again, not to be dramatic, but that gap between the unattainable fantasy and the depressing reality is exactly why the beauty industry is considered oppressive.
Meanwhile the creative industries in the "oppressive" UK contribute a higher than average percentage to the GDP.
Countries with limited or non-existent film industries suffer from either oppressive cultural dictates, or a population too small to financially support a whole industry that's often bombarded with bigger overseas films.
In a report about the role of Sudan's oil industry in supporting an oppressive government in that country, Human Rights Watch, a New York-based advocacy group, wrote about a financing venture by the state-owned China National Petroleum Corporation.
The incident reflects business as usual in the banana industry, well known for oppressive working conditions.
"My goal in writing this is not to paint the industry as a whole as oppressive or dangerous... Being silenced is what keeps sex workers in danger, and the stigma is what keeps sex workers silent when they're attacked".
