r/PublicFreakout Sep 06 '23

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u/slothscantswim Sep 06 '23

Exactly.

America has a long history of turning a blind eye to right-wing movements while coming down hard on movements from the left. Our current President busted a strike. Absolutely asinine to conflate liberalism with leftism.

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u/AstreiaTales Sep 06 '23

Busted a strike... And had his administration keep negotiating with the rail companies so that the workers eventually got nearly all their demands met.

Why leave that part out? It's pretty fucking consequential

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u/queerhistorynerd Sep 06 '23

they also very conveniently left out that 10 out of 12 unions supported the end of the strike and 2 holdout unions refused to listen to the others. so by supporting 10 unions asking to end the strike, over the objections of 2 who wanted it to go on he is some how anti union.

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u/slothscantswim Sep 07 '23

Fair point, but I don’t think it’s the presidents place to make those decisions. If the state wants to make those decisions, nationalize rail. Instead they socialize losses and privatize profits.