They got wise to that and called in the police and military to help them.
this post was submitted on 18 Jul 2023
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He was really wrong about voting though. If it didn't matter, the fascist GOP wouldn't be fighting so hard to prevent people from voting.
Why do you think the cops have tanks now
Strikers were bombed back in the day by aircrafts. Unionization was won through enduring warfare yet we just gave it away. Shows how powerful unionization is that the elites are completely terrified of it, and that they have surpressed the history of it so few will know how much blood was shed to get it.
I was gonna say, we get shot for protesting now...probably gotta change that part first.
People got shot before too. Lots of people. The fight for worker's rights was long and bloody.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-union_violence_in_the_United_States
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_violence_in_the_United_States
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/theminewars-labor-wars-us/
I misspoke...er...typed, we get shot and have no real way to defend ourselves being wildly outgunned by police. Thanks for that PBS article btw. I hadn't heard of a lot of these happenings, and I'm still reading through it.
You think we are outgunned? Really? That's awful silly of you.
Bruh, there's no way you can take on the greatest military machine in history.
You forget that every part of that machine is a person. No soldier is going to attack his fellow citizens. The cops are not people, but we outnumber and outgun them by orders of magnitude. Either way I am willing to die trying. You can stand with us if the time comes or you can enjoy that boot you're currently deep throating. The choice is yours.
I feel like it’s the working class who forgot.
The rich are well aware, which is why they put so much energy into making us think that isn’t an option.
What gets me is:
If people have more money to spend, they buy more things.
The more things they buy, the more money goes into the pockets of corporations and the CEOs.
It's literally a win win situation that doesn't end in the Uber Rich being chased down by hungry angry mobs.
It's eerie how little opposition this kind of murder/violence fantasies get here
I agree. Its really weird. They have such a bloodlust
The Waltons are a family. Just saying.