Labor department rhetoric, such as āOne Homeland. One People. One Heritageā, prompt comparisons to Nazi slogan
Union leaders have accused the Trump administration of a ārhetorical shift towards white supremacyā after social media posts by the US Department of Labor drew comparison with a Nazi slogan.
Recent posts from the agency include a video captioned āremember who you are, Americanā, with the phrase: āOne Homeland. One People. One Heritage.ā
Users of X, formerly Twitter, and Grok, the platformās AI tool, highlighted a similarity with the Nazi slogan: āEin Volk, ein Reich, ein FĆ¼hrerā (āone people, one realm, one leaderā).
āThe similarity to that Nazi slogan is bad,ā Christopher Hayes, a labor historian and professor at Rutgers University, told the Guardian, expressing alarm over āthe motivation behind it, the message, the sentiment and desired outcomeā.
āOne Heritageā so, itās just going to be Germans at the end of this? Because thatās what Trump is. Same exact goal as Hitler too, interesting coincidence.
Heās German and Scottish, so I guess theyāre allowed to exist as well.
As someone of German heritage Iām a little offended that youāre bringing that into it. Neither Hitler nor Trump did what they did because theyāre German. The potential to be shitty is part of everyone.
Bad coincidence, though.
Iām of German descent myself, and I meant exactly what I wrote, that it was a coincidence.
Yeah, common usage in English āwhat a coincidenceā often means āI donāt think it was a coincidence.ā Donāt be surprised if people take it less than literally.
Iām aware, I just wasnāt thinking about that this morning lol
All good.