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Murdered by Words

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[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 221 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (9 children)

The next slogan dropping from the Department of Labor:
work makes you free

[–] ramble81@lemmy.zip 58 points 1 week ago

I’m honestly surprised it hasn’t.

[–] LemmyPlaceDN@europe.pub 25 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Very fitting when half the country is already like a forced labor camp

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[–] Malica@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 week ago (3 children)

"We've always been at war with Canada"

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[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 159 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Remember who you are....

A nation of immigrants!

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 29 points 1 week ago

"No! Not like that!"

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[–] Wytch@lemmy.zip 122 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I remember who I am. Not a fucking Nazi

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[–] obvs@lemmy.world 112 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I remember in the 1990s when I was fairly young, and I was having a discussion with other people, and I kept saying the Republican Party was a fascist party, and I remember one of the people in the discussion taking me aside afterward and telling me that I couldn't say that(not because it wasn't true, but) because people would get offended.

I remember after the September 11 attack, that they named the department for the country's security "The Department of Homeland Security" and I had extreme concerns about their intentions by naming it that. I could see what they were moving toward, even back then.

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 37 points 1 week ago (3 children)

not because it wasn’t true, but because people would get offended.

I have a hypothesis that as society we're too polite. We don't tell people they're being assholes because that's uncomfortable, so they continue being assholes without appropriate social pressure.

[–] NewSocialWhoDis@lemmy.zip 18 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

My FiL intentionally takes advantage of this in people. His family try to give him the benefit of the doubt that he is just "unaware", but I have been in situations where 1) I point out his imposition on other people to him, 2) he continues to engage in said behavior, 3) I subsequently call him out on it publicly, and 4) he calls me disloyal.

Of course he's an evangelical MAGA voter with misogynist leanings.

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[–] OldChicoAle@lemmy.world 27 points 1 week ago

"Sorry the truth is uncomfortable. Maybe don't be fascists?"

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 87 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Also like, we famously have very many heritages.

[–] Godric@lemmy.world 61 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Our whole heritage is being a melting pot of every heritage mixed together. Blood nationalism makes ZERO sense whatsoever.

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[–] Spiv@lemmy.world 65 points 1 week ago

"Quit calling us Nazis!"

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 60 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

We sure as fuck don't have one people or one heritage. We're a melting pot and the fascists are just the burnt crust around the edge of the pot that should be scrubbed the fuck off.

[–] FrChazzz@lemmus.org 9 points 1 week ago

E pluribus unum. But since that's not in 'Merica talk, they don't understand it.

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[–] jtrek@startrek.website 44 points 1 week ago (15 children)

At my old job, there was some back and forth about some feature detail. The product lady messaged me and said "do you have a few minutes to talk about the final solution?"

I was like, "uhh you mean the sorting filter on the projects page? Yes, so long as we don't call it the final solution"

I don't know if she knows that phrase already has a history

This lead me asking a bunch of coworkers if they knew. About half were familiar.

[–] locahosr443@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I can't imagine forgetting that phrase from school over 2 decades ago. I get people not knowing lots of the details, but missing that, work will set you free.. etc etc. That's really bad.

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[–] TheBloodFarts@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Im a process chemist and we often actually form solutions at the end of a chemical process that are unfortunately deemed "final solutions". There's not really a way around it since it's the most technically accurate way to describe what we're dealing with

Edit: and I always find it uncomfortable to say

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[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 41 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Ein Reich. Ein Volk. Ein Führer.

[–] StillAlive@piefed.world 59 points 1 week ago (4 children)
[–] kestrel7_7@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago (3 children)
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[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago

I'm conflicted upvoting this...

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Keith Sonderling is the trump appointed Sec of Labor, who built his career as a vicious lawyer representing management in high profile labor disputes. He's spent his time at the DOL dismantling protections for minorities and women.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 29 points 1 week ago

They just quote the nazis at this point.

One of ours, all of yours.

We’ll have our home again.

[–] Jiral@lemmy.world 28 points 1 week ago (3 children)

This slogan is obviously Nazi talk. The Nazi phrase in its entirety however would translate as "One Empire. One People. One Leader". "Homeland" is close enough but they apparently shied away from going all the way down to "one leader".

[–] adarza@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

they know who the leader is. it's not the dipshit with the poorly-fitting suits. it's heritage foundation.

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[–] NewSocialWhoDis@lemmy.zip 26 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Aren't we all blocking US federal departments from our feeds as far right spam these days? No? Just me?

[–] prettybunnys@piefed.social 26 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I think we’re not on twitter, first of all

[–] NewSocialWhoDis@lemmy.zip 11 points 1 week ago

Or threads.

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[–] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 25 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Remember who you are, American.

You mean the sons and daughters of immigrants? People who invaded and stole land from the people who were already living here? People who murdered and slaughtered innocent women and children for two centuries in order to legitimize our ownership of said land?

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[–] Habahnow@sh.itjust.works 23 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This is a real post on x. It technically isn't the same as the nazi slogan, but weirdly close. More info: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/labor-department-post-slammed_n_696499cae4b0db619f4af95e

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 24 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This is a pretty good response there:

Can't wait for the sequel! 'Labor creates Liberty' or 'Work earns Freedom' has that specific 1930s 'retro' energy that really matches the new vibe. History is so much fun when it repeats itself, right? 😉🇺🇸

[–] mirshafie@europe.pub 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

"America First" is so pedestrian. How about "America Above All"?

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[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago

The GOP under Dubya tried to make "homeland" part of everyday speech back in 2001, but in spite of naming a govt agency after it, it never really caught on.

[–] Goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 1 week ago

German here...i...i am not suprised but yet terrified

[–] remon@ani.social 19 points 1 week ago (2 children)

They messed up the order and got the last one wrong ...

[–] Denjin@feddit.uk 62 points 1 week ago

Change it just enough to say "that wasn't our inspiration" but keep it similar enough that anyone clued into the dogwhistle recognises it.

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[–] Fishnoodle@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago (2 children)

To be American is to hate authority to the extent that we have amendments to the Constitution that guarantee us the right to own and use arms against our own government in case it becomes corrupt and works against the American people.

We don't have any heritage, or any one culture.

You can come from anywhere and be an American as long as you hate authority and recognize that you have the right to violently oppose it

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[–] shirasho@feddit.online 14 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Huh? Why is the DOL spouting this kind of message?

[–] Nouvellalia@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago

Because it's all part of a unified boot that they hope to use on the throat of the world. All the agencies you remember from the government, are not doing that thing you remember they did. They are now strictly there to support violence.

  • HHS - ensures people are malnourished and unprotected against viral attacks
  • CDC - encourages the spread of viral pandemics, and is now in charge of "health surveillance" (using medical data for state violence)
  • FDA - promotes the spread of bacterial and parasitical infections
  • EPA - tasked with increasing pollution
  • NOAA - in charge of species and biome destruction

I surmised all that from news reports. I can only assume the DOL is now responsible for the minimization of labor as a class, and the promotion of forced labor.

Anyway, these tweets come from all the above agencies too. They're like saying "heil hitler". It's the normal public display of allegiance that you find in any fascist system.

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[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 12 points 1 week ago

Interesting choice for a nation of mostly immigrants

[–] Alexfire@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Was founded on theft,

Genocide and slavery,

Elected rapist

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[–] weps@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)

one people, which one exactly? the French? the British? the indigenous? the Mexicans?

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