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.
And a stark reminder that the machinist union members voted almost 50% to endorse Trump and that the President of the teamsters union, Sean OāBrien, elected by the union members, is a die hard MAGA fan rivaling that of a 90ās teenaged girl NSync mega fan.
I think people vastly overestimate the Unionās being actual allies against this type of fascism.
And itāll be funny when the dictator does what dictators do, and completely dismantle trade unions and agreements and send everyone back to work for $2 a day under threat of execution - then weāll be back to the days of Pinkerton agents killing striking unionists and their leaders.