"In reality, we're all on the same side of the war against the working class," Shawn Fain said in a wide-ranging speech on Monday.

“In reality, we’re all on the same side of the war against the working class,” Shawn Fain said in a wide-ranging speech on Monday.

Shawn Fain speaks at UAW 2024 National CAP Conference 1/22/24.

  • AlteredStateBlob@kbin.social
    42·
    10 months ago

    And he is right. Class warfare has been raging for decades as a few old white sacks of shit accumulated soft power like nobodies business, accumulating vast amounts of money in the process of controlling all of the media. The internet was a threat for a hot second until the capitalist “Elite” consolidated that into a few companies controlling everything as well.

    The fediverse is so crucially important, people really don’t realize it.

    • WashedOver@lemmy.ca
      23·
      10 months ago

      I’m reminded of this. I still think the Maga culture are a bunch of ignorant turds but it does fit the narrative.

      • pthaloblue
        22·
        10 months ago

        This is good stuff! I like the Rupert Murdoch one as well:

        • lobut@lemmy.ca
          6·
          10 months ago

          For some reason I always thought that was Warren Buffett and I was like that doesn’t really seem like his message but Rupert Murdoch makes so much sense now.