The AFL-CIO is the self-proclaimed “voice of working people in America’s unions.” Here’s what they’ve decided to shout with that “voice”:
We all need to seize the means of production. ? ? #1u pic.twitter.com/Tx2nxybn4S
— AFL-CIO (@AFLCIO) May 14, 2019
Alrighty then.
AFL-CIO last week: It costs $1,200 to build a guillotine. @AFLCIO this week: "Seize the means of production." pic.twitter.com/QNlEtuaOwr
— Philip Wegmann (@PhilipWegmann) May 14, 2019
They’re really perfecting their messaging.
Bahahaha
— Ross ?? (@12ossT) May 14, 2019
?Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
— Bob Malak (@bob_malak) May 14, 2019
LMFAO good luck
— Jack Cougar Melancholia (@bigjackash) May 14, 2019
You kind of have to laugh, don’t you?
— Dabdullah Öcalan (@DabdullahOcalan) May 14, 2019
So they’re just openly communist now https://t.co/MWwSgydJdU
— Orange Muppet Energy (@sunnyright) May 14, 2019
So… They are Marxists now? https://t.co/TvDtTucHwH
— Pradheep J. Shanker (@Neoavatara) May 14, 2019
It would seem that way, yes.
https://t.co/3r0h67MlMX pic.twitter.com/q4QV3gkvzQ
— Emily Zanotti (@emzanotti) May 14, 2019
Ain’t no party like a Communist Party!
Not even pretending anymore.
— Maggie Leber (@MaggieL) May 14, 2019
It’s not as though they were ever really fooling anyone, but it is somewhat refreshing to see that they’re just openly embracing and advocating for full-blown communism now.
A reminder that the current Democratic position is that many of you ought to be forced by the state to direct money to this organization https://t.co/Vu9oa63JRc
— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) May 14, 2019
Quick reminder that if you're a member of @AFSCME, @AFTunion, @UFCW, @CWAUnion, and any of dozens of other AFL-CIO affiliates, you're indirectly paying for this >>> https://t.co/C5SPwkhXkf
— Jason Hart (@jasonahart) May 14, 2019
Thank you for reminding me I need to leave the union. I will notify my local today.
— Richard (@fastbeemer) May 14, 2019
Anyone who isn’t a useful idiot should think about following suit.
This Marxist twaddle is insipid. "Middle class" isn't a state of mind, you historical illiterates. It's a relative income level proportional to all other income levels. And the "means of production" isn't about "generating money," it's the production of goods. Not a "skyscraper." https://t.co/3F6MlpCq0c
— Noah Rothman (@NoahCRothman) May 14, 2019
Well, to be fair, communists aren’t known for their historical literacy.
I wrote a whole chapter on the expulsion of dangerous and counterproductive ideas from political movements in Unjust, one example of which was how the labor movement expelled the Soviet-backed communists and at some cost in 1945-48. That work is being undone before our eyes. https://t.co/3F6MlpCq0c
— Noah Rothman (@NoahCRothman) May 14, 2019
If the post-Millennial social media interns managing this account knew who Philip Murray was, they might know he was rolling in his grave as they undo his legacy.
— Noah Rothman (@NoahCRothman) May 14, 2019
"Marxist, roofer."
— Noah Rothman (@NoahCRothman) May 14, 2019
According to BLS, the average pay for a roofer in exterior contractors was $42,720. Pew research center defines the American middle class as $40,500 and $122,000. I've got some bad news for you, Nikita.
— Noah Rothman (@NoahCRothman) May 14, 2019
The last chapter of my book is on how the right expelled its racially anxious conspiracy theorists and the left purged the communists, and why that's a model for both movements today. No one read the last chapter of my book. https://t.co/cWHd8nRKph
— Noah Rothman (@NoahCRothman) May 14, 2019
Labor expelled Soviet elements both in response to governmental pressure and out of political necessity in order to preserve its influence within the Democratic Party. A lesson lost to time it seems. https://t.co/5PY0qEtugt pic.twitter.com/Klc8K3G28Q
— Noah Rothman (@NoahCRothman) May 14, 2019
One last little nugget before we go:
.@Means_TV — who produced the video that the @AFLCIO just shared — is an openly and proudly pro-Marxist group that unabashedly pushes what they themselves call propaganda.
They are also the group responsible for @AOC’s viral campaign ad from 2018.https://t.co/snzDd0rWqa https://t.co/THNdhwKp39
— Jerry Dunleavy (@JerryDunleavy) May 14, 2019
Of course.
Editor’s note: This post has been updated with an additional tweet.
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