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[-] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 50 points 5 months ago

The lesson there is that it will take workers armed to the teeth to take back their rights. Learn or burn kids

[-] slampisko@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago

Well when you put it like that, I'd rather learn. I'm not particularly keen on burning kids

[-] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 6 points 5 months ago
[-] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 5 points 5 months ago

A renewable resource!

[-] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 2 points 5 months ago
[-] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 3 points 5 months ago

"Soylent Coal is people!"

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Feels like the lesson is if you kill enough labor activists, eventually you'll domesticate the population at large.

West Virginia didn't just become conservative. It fell to an intense siege played out over generations.

[-] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Technically, the rights they fought for were given by congress in the later half of the 1930s following widespread peaceful protests.

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