this post was submitted on 20 Jun 2025
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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

We are all getting fucked by captaitalism

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago

More context, he said this on June 19th, the day Juneteenth is celebrated across America.
It's a holiday to commemorate the end of slavery in America.
He obviously doesn't want any holidays related to black people to be celebrated.

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago

"STFU, Donnie. You're out of your element. "

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago

Why do we use the fall of civilization period known as the middle ages as a standard? Most of human history was hunter-gatherers. One of the better moments was during the age of Rome.

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 5 days ago

Is that in project 2025 ? I dont remember but they are on track for sure.

[โ€“] [email protected] 18 points 5 days ago (3 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Yeah, sure, good luck only working 150 days, or even taking a whole day off, when you're supposed to tend to farmland and animals. That's like having a holiday from being a parent

[โ€“] [email protected] -2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Ok bootlicker defender of your oppressors

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

Funny, I didn't know calling out bullshit was the same as "defending my oppressors". I'd love if you could point out the kind of crazy mental gymnastics needed for that

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

Assuming communal farming, you just rotate who works each day.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

And? They also had communal+generational help with that.

There was bad stuff too, but we are getting fucked here

[โ€“] [email protected] 22 points 5 days ago (1 children)

This isn't entirely true - someone calculated that, on a good year, a peasant could only work 150 days a year towards the rent of their own farmland. Then they have to actually work that land, take care of their animals, and manually do basically every industrial process we take for granted to get food in their belly. They didn't work 150 days a year then go off with a cheque that will sort them out for the rest of the year.

Source: https://www.adamsmith.org/blog/regulation-industry/medieval-peasants-really-did-not-work-only-150-days-a-year/

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 5 days ago (1 children)

wasn't this confirmed false?

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago

It absolutely is false and it's very misleading. Living as a peasant would suck complete ass.

[โ€“] [email protected] 20 points 5 days ago

Thinly veiled attempt to get rid of juneteenth. So just the usual rightwing racism.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago
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