Labor department rhetoric, such as ā€˜One Homeland. One People. One Heritage’, prompt comparisons to Nazi slogan

Union leaders have accused the Trump administration of a ā€œrhetorical 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 ā€œremember who you are, Americanā€, with the phrase: ā€œOne Homeland. One People. One Heritage.ā€

Users of X, formerly Twitter, and Grok, the platform’s AI tool, highlighted a similarity with the Nazi slogan: ā€œEin Volk, ein Reich, ein Führerā€ (ā€œone people, one realm, one leaderā€).

ā€œThe similarity to that Nazi slogan is bad,ā€ Christopher Hayes, a labor historian and professor at Rutgers University, told the Guardian, expressing alarm over ā€œthe motivation behind it, the message, the sentiment and desired outcomeā€.

  • Insekticus@aussie.zone
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    9 days ago

    And it’ll 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 we’ll be back to the days of Pinkerton agents killing striking unionists and their leaders.