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[-] frezik 34 points 6 days ago

It's all quite the opposite, in fact. From the time of the Revolution onward, there were lots of Americans fighting for the working class against the rich. It's deeply rooted in our history, and America would never have developed the same way without it. The history books written since the Cold War have glossed over much of it, but it's not something you can completely remove, either.

We celebrate Veterans Day as the start of summer, and Labor Day as the end of summer. However, one of these gets a lot more flag waving and attention going on than the other. People literally died for both of those, but Labor Day is treated as just a day off.

[-] Cethin@lemmy.zip 16 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

To be fair, labor day has little history. It was picked to take attention away from May Day, the traditional day of labor celebration and activity. May Day tends to be more about action, not just celebration, so the capitalists wanted to pick a different date and new traditions where people just stay home instead of advocating for their best interests.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Workers'_Day

[-] frezik 6 points 5 days ago

Yes, and I think that only strengthens the point that this was all shooed away where it wouldn't be a bother.

[-] Liberal_Ghost@lemmy.zip 5 points 6 days ago

You mean Memorial day. Veterans day is Nov 11th

[-] frezik 5 points 6 days ago

Yes, right. Still works.

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