• umbrella@lemmy.ml
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    8 months ago

    that one was horrible. i think that strike could have sparked another workers rights movement to the likes of the one 100ish years ago.

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      8 months ago

      I think that strike would have caused economic shortages and disruptions that would have been blamed on Biden while conservatives took advantage to blame both unions and democrats.

      There is about a zero percent change Americans are organized or pro-labor enough that they would have supported that strike once it impacted prices and product availability.

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        8 months ago

        forget the politicians blame game, they are doing just that right now, despite strikes or lack thereof. all for show, fuck them.

        the important part are the worker rights we could have permanently earned, just like our right to the 8hr workday back then.

        i dont care if one side gets to get to power over another as long as we have the worker power to bend them to our will. you seem worried about republicans but it ended up being democrat biden who illegalized strikes for an entire industry. this is really bad in the medium to long run.

        about having the people agreeing with it, most people supported it, and im doing my part right now in talking to the ones seemingly on the fence.

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        8 months ago

        This precisely. Anyone who is arguing otherwise is being intentionally misleading. Republicans were practically salivating at the opportunity to attack Biden on economic issues.

        Maybe there’s a reason why leftists hate democracy - because they are too politically naive for it.

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          8 months ago

          Republicans were practically salivating at the opportunity to attack Biden on economic issues.

          Well, thank God we avoided that outcome! As long as the Dems just cater to what Republicans want, we can ensure that Republicans won’t resort to baseless accusations.