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minus-squareExLisper@lemmy.curiana.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down2·2 days agoDemocrats didn’t close the manufacturing plants. Capitalists did.
minus-squarexenomor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 days 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-down1·2 days 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-squareMangoCats@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoBoth parties virtually paved the way for jobs to leave the country - it didn’t benefit the majority of their constituents.
minus-squareAmoxtli@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down4·2 days 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-down1·2 days agoI know, that’s why I said “manufacturing plants” and not “coal mines”.
minus-squareaesthelete@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days 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-up1·2 days 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-up2·1 day agoClosing coal mines is probably good policy anyway. Coal mines suck it.
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.
Both parties virtually paved the way for jobs to leave the country - it didn’t benefit the majority of their constituents.
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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.