• PandaBearGreen [they/them]
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      3110 months ago

      And one of the first ones you see Is a lib calling ppl Russian Chinese psy ops for daring to be critical of Bidens track record on unions. Go figure.

      • Adkml [he/him]
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        2410 months ago

        Yea but we don’t understand that if the rail workers had went on strike it would have CRASHED RHE ECONOMY.

        Obviously the only possible option was force the unions to take a shit deal, there’s literally no other very obvious solution.

      • NewLeaf [he/him]
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        I got a r *ddit comment removed in /r/p *litics today for saying it’s important to check multiple news sources because they all have spin, and you can usually get to the bottom of a story by doing so…

        On a news link aggregator website

          • @luciferofastora
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            410 months ago

            Leverage paranoia to fight ignorance. At least it’ll be good for something then.

    • Adkml [he/him]
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      1410 months ago

      Couple years of banning anybody who criticizes Biden or calls somebody a fucking idiot will have that affect.

    • NewLeaf [he/him]
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      710 months ago

      biden-point the economy is good, jack! Who are you gonna believe, me or your lying wallet and bank account?

  • NewLeaf [he/him]
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    1910 months ago

    That’s all they do when talking about the train derailments.

    “Won’t somebody think of the economy!” Is their answer to “Biden should have let them strike”. They are too worried about treatus interruptus

    • Maoo [none/use name]
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      710 months ago

      The bourgeoisie want the public to think of themselves as inconvenienced consumers rather than fellow workers in a mutual struggle. The corporate media and liberal politicians gladly repeat the line.

  • cynetri (he/any)
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    1810 months ago

    My immediate family works on the railroad and it’s always funny (in a depressing way) seeing people’s shit takes about the broken strike

  • iie [they/them, he/him]
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    410 months ago

    I think more than anything the Biden administration wanted to avoid the optics of a national rail strike successfully using their leverage to force gains. It would be too powerful an example, because that’s potentially a lot of fucking leverage, being able to shut down the rail networks. This was all about maintaining the illusion of powerlessness.

    • footfaults [none/use name]OP
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      410 months ago

      that is possible, but I feel like the Biden administration is just trying desperately to keep a lid on things, and having a strike would have made them really hurt politically, so they just stopped it from happening. No long term planning, no long game, just reacting to events as they happen