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[-] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

And they vowed to never allow that to happen again.

[-] kingofras@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago

Pray tell, what happened after that?

[-] ZC3rr0r@piefed.ca 33 points 2 days ago

In short order: Some uprisings that get omitted from the history curriculum in most American schools, a world war, an explosion of wealth inequality, a stock market crash and some economic stagnation, another world war, a period of some actually progressive politics, followed by a slow hollowing out and destruction of anything that previous period created, interspersed with some more wars, a couple of stock market crashes, more wars, present day.

[-] PugJesus@piefed.social 14 points 2 days ago

I think you missed some wars

[-] teslekova@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago

The Russian Revolution, and the victory of the Communists in China against the robber baron side led by Chiang Kai Shek. The revolution was crushed almost everywhere else by the robber barons. Some countries made large concessions to the workers to help that stick, like the New Deal in the US and the reforms of the Labour government in Britain.

After that it gets complicated.

[-] LemmyBruceLeeMarvin@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 days ago

Where was the mayday strike you fuckwits

[-] fossilesque@mander.xyz 3 points 2 days ago

Again, again!!!!!!!

[-] akwd169@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

But why are they looking skyward?

this post was submitted on 07 May 2026
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