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minus-squareAmoxtlilinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down15·4 months agoThat is what the democrats told people who lost their jobs to closed coal mines and closed manufacturing plants.
minus-squareExLisper@lemmy.curiana.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down2·4 months agoDemocrats didn’t close the manufacturing plants. Capitalists did.
minus-squarexenomor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·4 months agoServing capital has been the primary organizing function of the Democratic Party for at least the last 40 years.
minus-squareExLisper@lemmy.curiana.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·4 months agoYes, both parties. But they didn’t pass any laws to ban manufacturing in US. Capitalists moved manufacturing to Asia because it was cheaper.
minus-squareAmoxtlilinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down7·4 months agoBiden tells coal miners to “learn to code” – The Hill | https://thehill.com/changing-america/enrichment/education/476391-biden-tells-coal-miners-to-learn-to-code/
minus-squareExLisper@lemmy.curiana.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·4 months agoI know, that’s why I said “manufacturing plants” and not “coal mines”.
minus-squareaesthelete@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoCapitalists closed the coal mines too. Modern day mining techniques require a small fraction of the manual labor they used to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountaintop_removal_mining (Of course they also probably ruin the environment, but nobody seems to give a shit about that.)
minus-squareExLisper@lemmy.curiana.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoI would argue that in many places closing coal mines was the policy and governments did pass laws to speed up the process. Not really the case with manufacturing plants.
minus-squareaesthelete@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoClosing coal mines is probably good policy anyway. Coal mines suck it.
That is what the democrats told people who lost their jobs to closed coal mines and closed manufacturing plants.
Democrats didn’t close the manufacturing plants. Capitalists did.
Serving capital has been the primary organizing function of the Democratic Party for at least the last 40 years.
Yes, both parties. But they didn’t pass any laws to ban manufacturing in US. Capitalists moved manufacturing to Asia because it was cheaper.
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Biden tells coal miners to “learn to code” – The Hill | https://thehill.com/changing-america/enrichment/education/476391-biden-tells-coal-miners-to-learn-to-code/
I know, that’s why I said “manufacturing plants” and not “coal mines”.
Capitalists closed the coal mines too.
Modern day mining techniques require a small fraction of the manual labor they used to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountaintop_removal_mining
(Of course they also probably ruin the environment, but nobody seems to give a shit about that.)
I would argue that in many places closing coal mines was the policy and governments did pass laws to speed up the process. Not really the case with manufacturing plants.
Closing coal mines is probably good policy anyway. Coal mines suck it.
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