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minus-squareDarkwingDuck@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down10·17 days agoYou mean like when you can’t loot other people’s shit?
minus-squarejtrek@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up10·17 days agoWhat? No, I meant like when people said they didn’t want to work 12 hours a day 6 days a week anymore, and then the capitalists had the police shoot them.
minus-squareDarkwingDuck@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down8·17 days agoI mean, that certainly wasn’t nice, but unions are an accepted part of “capitalism” now.
minus-squarejtrek@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up8·17 days agoDescribing murder and decade long imprisonment as “nice” is underselling it. Also, “accepted” is stretching it. Union busting, suppression, and capture, are all common.
You mean like when you can’t loot other people’s shit?
What? No, I meant like when people said they didn’t want to work 12 hours a day 6 days a week anymore, and then the capitalists had the police shoot them.
I mean, that certainly wasn’t nice, but unions are an accepted part of “capitalism” now.
Describing murder and decade long imprisonment as “nice” is underselling it.
Also, “accepted” is stretching it. Union busting, suppression, and capture, are all common.