r/WorkersStrikeBack • u/CMao1986 • 6d ago
From the movie "Harlan County, USA"
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u/1_Pump_Dump 6d ago
This is also why they want to disarm us. They don't want us fighting back against the class traitors and Pinkertons. The capitalists did a good job of memory holing what people had to go through to get the things we take for granted today. Hopefully we can right this ship without too much bloodshed.
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u/theshaneshow49 6d ago
They call us rednecks because we worked all day in the the sunshine, little did they know. We started wearing red handkerchiefs around the back of our necks. During the mining riots they fought for our rights and the collective good.
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u/Idisappea 6d ago
I think it's very telling that if it's a woman fighting, for anything, no matter what they will always go after what society has made women's shame--sexuality. They've done this to every strong woman I've ever seen.
Historically the poor whites in the South were always very left leaning until the concerted effort in the 70s to drive a wedge between the poor whites and blacks on the issue in an effort to undo the New Deal programs from FDR by spreading the idea that it was predominantly people of color that were the recipients (which has always been incorrect).
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u/Lopes2718 6d ago
But a union just takes workers' money they'll tell you.
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u/Republiken Syndicalist 6d ago edited 6d ago
This is why my blood boils when some white collar liberal use "redneck" or "hillbilly" as a slur against working folk
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u/Republiken Syndicalist 6d ago
Doesnt excuse class contempt, however "liberal" the person spewing it is.
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u/Sorry_Im_Trying 5d ago
This is part of a bigger issue I know... But the South has a notorious low participation in unions, compared to the Midwest. Why?
Why do they allow corporations to walk all over them?
Why do they vote against their own interests?
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u/elephant_in_tharoom 5d ago
They've been slowly indoctrinated to reject FDR's New Deal policies that primarily benefit them. I find it quite impressive how thoroughly they have been trained to mistrust and reject all kinds of help. They are made to believe that the poor must suffer in order to earn the right to exist. The disconnect between the cultural indoctrination and religious teachings is what fascinates me.
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