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.
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.