• MolecularCactus1324@lemmy.world
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      1 day ago

      American blue collar workers don’t have class consciousness. They vote against their own interests, eat processed food, and watch football. They’re cheering on their billionaire bosses while they get poorer and their pocket gets picked by those same bosses.

      • angstylittlecatboy@reddthat.com
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        21 hours ago

        You know, European leftists integrate themselves into football culture

        I know the differences in how European and American sporting is organized factor in here, but seriously I don’t think “everything you like is bad actually” is a winning position

      • Maeve@kbin.earth
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        22 hours ago

        When you put the issues on the table without the attached political narratives, they’re for the same policies we are, a lot of times for the same reasons.

    • Match!!@pawb.social
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      as an American it’s hard to imagine blue collar workers taking any amount of coherent action, the boss has surveillance on them 24/7 and if they step out of line they’ll lose the meds that keep their kids alive or they’ll be disappeared to el salvador

      • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works
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        2 days ago

        As an American, it’s pretty fucking aggravating watching blue collar workers vote against their (and everyone else’s, save for rich people’s) interests in a statistically-significant fashion.

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        Yeah good on their leader to support them. There are unions though. The important thing here is they’re seemingly refusing collectively. Just a few people refusing probably wouldn’t be as successful.