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Labor Day Neutralized(hexbear.net)

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And May Day in U.S. was supplanted by Law Day (“to celebrate the rule of law”) but it didn’t take off because it wasn’t a public holiday.

Ya can’t make this up any better.

As a US-ian I can tell you this propaganda works. I grew up not knowing shit about May Day (that’s like flowers in a basket, right?) or Labor Day and I routinely confused Labor Day and Veterans Day. This coming from a solidly LIB-slash-Non-Political household of teacher parents.

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Dolores [love/loves]@hexbear.net
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wait, i can’t actually believe this. May 1 was specifically adopted for the Haymarket affair? and every country except the US has it as labor day? the USSR commemorated yankee labor martyrs more than the yankees

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NephewAlphaBravo [he/him]@hexbear.net
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And the US straight-up replaced it with Bootlicker Day, and it’s not even a national holiday. This country is so cool

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