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Re:Secessio plebis by lidHanteyk on Saturday May 09, 2020 @07:42PM (#23129145)
Let me fix that for you: If you're willing to strike, you must be willing to do so under the real risk of being murdered [0]. If you're new to this history, the Coal Wars [1] are a good starting point.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_worker_deaths_in_Unite...

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal_Wars

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Re:Secessio plebis by heliheliheli on Saturday May 09, 2020 @08:07PM (#23129255)
Yeah dude, murder is bad. But Reagan didn't murder the air traffic controllers he fired them, which is hardly "vicious".

As for the coal wars, a lot of those altercations weren't exactly result of union workers simply not showing up to work.

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