Shared in Work Reform@lemmy.world a day ago

a tale of two Labor Day messages today

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One tells you he’s your enemy the other pretends to be your friend but if you work for a living they are both your enemies

Don’t forget Joe hates Unions too reuters.com/…/biden-signs-bill-block-us-railroad-…

MunkyNutts@feddit.online 16 hours ago

I get what he’s preaching, but I think the slaves and destitute immigrants have something to say about this.

dismay3915@lemmy.world 19 hours ago

Fuck them both

Zizzy@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 hours ago

obviously, trump is deranged and far worse. But biden is an idiot who has no idea what hes talking about, too. Hes not describing middle class, at all, nor did they build america. It was built off slaves and abusing immigrants.

Akasazh@lemmy.world a day ago

I was wondering why this was so far away from may first, which is dat of the workers or labor day in most of the world, only to find out that America does it differently.

RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 11 hours ago

That was a fascinating story.

CurlyWurlies4All@slrpnk.net 20 hours ago

Grover Cleveland later made it an official national holiday in 1894 after the Pullman strikes. He selected the September date to put distance between the socialist May Day protests and the concessions he was making to the Labor movement.

Akasazh@lemmy.world 15 hours ago

Thanks for the info!

Also lol there can’t even be a hint of communism, can there.

Voytrekk@sopuli.xyz 20 hours ago

Doing things differently than the rest of the world is an American tradition. See the measurement system and healthcare.

LocalAreaMan@lemmy.world a day ago

Yeah, Joe Biden said that. Sure. Okay. 🤤

Herbal Gamer@sh.itjust.works a day ago

And both are wrong.

Womble@piefed.world 21 hours ago

Of course the middle class is a thing, its the petite bourgeoisie and the professional managerial classes. Its not what Biden was using it as, workers who aren’t in poverty, but it absolutely is a thing.

Herbal Gamer@sh.itjust.works 20 hours ago

Those are just delusional workers.

stoy@lemmy.zip a day ago

True enough I guess, neither side shows the entire truth, but one has some connection to reality, the other doesn’t.

And even if both were detached from reality, Biden’s message at least sounds nice, Trump’s message is just an incoherent rant

cub Gucci@lemmy.today a day ago

The history has ended