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"In reality, we're all on the same side of the war against the working class," Shawn Fain said in a wide-ranging speech on Monday.

Shawn Fain speaks at UAW 2024 National CAP Conference 1/22/24.

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And he is right. Class warfare has been raging for decades as a few old white sacks of shit accumulated soft power like nobodies business, accumulating vast amounts of money in the process of controlling all of the media. The internet was a threat for a hot second until the capitalist "Elite" consolidated that into a few companies controlling everything as well.

The fediverse is so crucially important, people really don't realize it.

[–] WashedOver 25 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I'm reminded of this. I still think the Maga culture are a bunch of ignorant turds but it does fit the narrative.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

This is good stuff! I like the Rupert Murdoch one as well:

[–] lobut 6 points 1 year ago

For some reason I always thought that was Warren Buffett and I was like that doesn't really seem like his message but Rupert Murdoch makes so much sense now.