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Democracy at Work (D@W) Economic Update: Surging US Labor Activism 30min video Some very interesting events in unions, especially with respect to rail workers. Mention of Biden’s forced contract on rail, abridging their fundamental economic liberty to strike. The current state of rail matches the Gilded Age. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okJ7i-uo3Og My own comment is: This is the consequence of #TheScheme as Sen Whitehouse names it. Wealth has succeeded seizing gov.🧵 Biden’s act is itself #fascism lite. By this I mean the merger of gov and corporations, which was the notable characteristic of Mussolini’s Italian form. “Lite” here is meant to indicate the despotism lacks the social violence against marginalized groups so evident in conservatives that is characteristic of fascism, also known as palingenetic ultranationalism. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palingenetic_ultranationalism 🧵 |