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Omaha Steve's Labor Group

not fooled

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14. Yep, good point

Reply to ShazamIam (Reply #12)

Fri Nov 26, 2021, 05:23 PM

Nov 2021

same tactics. Teaching labor history would elicit cries of "socialism" or "communism." It's Pavlov's dog--all you have to do is say the "S" or "C" word and the desired response ("evil&quot is given.

And that's a big part of how we have come to be in this mess of billionaires not paying taxes while income inequality widens.

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