I may have already heard this on #onhere, but the way people are trying to spin some workers refusing to return to low wage jobs reminds me of slave owners calling enslaved Africans lazy.
When the law can’t compel behavior, resort to propaganda, whether in 1821 or 2021.
When the law can’t compel behavior, resort to propaganda, whether in 1821 or 2021.
If I would hazard a guess (maybe some historians know), the language & laws re. labor in the US today wouldn’t be so business friendly if not for the language & laws to control enslaved Black labor.
Everyone is denied a proper safety net bc it’s all attributed to “laziness.”
Everyone is denied a proper safety net bc it’s all attributed to “laziness.”
I can’t think of another industrial country like this.
The ones that could even somewhat compare (Australia and Canada) are also settler-colonial nations that had to fashion some “other” to expand the capital of its elite settler populations.
The ones that could even somewhat compare (Australia and Canada) are also settler-colonial nations that had to fashion some “other” to expand the capital of its elite settler populations.
A fantastic summary from @schwarz illustrating that the line from the the US colonial era to today—during which elites have protected their capital by sensationalizing labor shortages— is unbroken.
theintercept.com/2021/05/07/wor…
theintercept.com/2021/05/07/wor…
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