‘We know who built this country’: Walz courts union workers in first solo event

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• rockSlayer@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  First it was the Native Americans, then it was slaves and indentured immigrants, and finally it was organized labor. The nice part is that history education in MN is fairly decent about illustrating this

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  • sxan@midwest.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It was a group effort!

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  • 4oreman@lemy.lol ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    OK, but also to say that the country was ‘built’ is kind of a false premise, that feeds into the whole capitalist fairy tale.

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    • Badeendje@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      #serious: If it was not built, then what?

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• ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Slaves?

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  • avidamoeba@lemmy.ca ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Workers, irrespective of whether they were compensated by the owner class.

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