"we organized to all quit at the same time"
"Noooooo! Not like that! πππ"
this post was submitted on 16 Sep 2023
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100 years later, and we're still making the same mistakes.
Then let's not forget that the man on the desk had the Pinkertons on his side.
The Pinkertons and similar entities still exist.
Really emphasizes how much of American conservative "manly" culture was designed by capital for the benefit of capital.
Workplace safety? REAL MEN don't need safety gear!
Low pay? REAL MEN don't complain about pay!
Social services? REAL MEN don't take handouts!
Cigarette ads? REAL MEN aren't scared of getting sick!
Pollution? REAL MEN don't care about a little dirt in the air!
In my younger days Rush Limbaugh epitomized that kind of performative American manliness, chomping on cigars while rolling coal without a seat belt to own the libs. Nowadays Peterson and Tate and so on have taken up his mantle.
Cons choose to forget Limbaugh died of lung cancer at 70.