• LeZero [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    9 months ago

    Maybe saying the working class was neutered by the new deal was a bit too strong, but I still believe the moment the labor movement in the US hitched itself to the Democrat coalition, it was joever

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      9 months ago

      the moment the labor movement in the US hitched itself to the Democrat coalition

      It was eat or be eaten. A populist movement divided was not going to stand. The Labor movement’s real failing wasn’t hitching itself to the Democrats but failing to hollow out its leadership and wear it like a skin-suit into the next century.