a tale of two Labor Day messages today

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• Akasazh@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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.

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  • CurlyWurlies4All@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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.

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    • Akasazh@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Thanks for the info!

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

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  • voytrekk@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

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

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  • RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    That was a fascinating story.

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• HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  And both are wrong.

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  • stoy@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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

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  • Womble@piefed.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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.

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    • HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Those are just delusional workers.

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• StinkySocialist@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  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-…

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• Zizzy@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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.

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• dismay3915@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Fuck them both

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• MunkyNutts@feddit.online ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

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

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• LocalAreaMan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

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

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• vivalapivo@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  The history has ended

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