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The traditional left advocates for the rights of those who work for a living via collective action and organizing of working people, and attempts to break up co
by CPLX 2y ago
The traditional left advocates for the rights of those who work for a living via collective action and organizing of working people, and attempts to break up concentrations of corporate power.
- Retric 2y agoThat’s hardly the only things traditional left advocated for, they also wanted things unions could help provide like safer working conditions, vacation days, etc. Initially it was an offshoot of the abolitionist movement which took a hard look at property rights in a broader context but very much still wanted to abolish slavery and even serfdom. They also wanted social security style safety nets with pensions and compensation for injured workers and their families etc. Western democracies essentially adopted most of those standards to the point where they became invisible in modern politics. FDR for example really gutted the socialist movement in the US with the “New Deal” to the point where it largely stopped being a talking point. More recently having gutted unions, with the gig economy sidestepping many worker protections, and 401k replacing pensions, etc has started to reawaken some of the west’s latent socialist tendencies.
- CPLX 2y agoYes those are the rights I am talking about.