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> Labor Day is an artificial holiday, while May Day, a holiday created by the American Labor Movement, is celebrated in basically every other country in the wor
by Kalium 11y ago
> Labor Day is an artificial holiday, while May Day, a holiday created by the American Labor Movement, is celebrated in basically every other country in the world.
And in the US, it's celebrated by riots and burning cars! I gotta say, that really makes me appreciate freedom and want to join a union...
- justizin 11y agoStop watching Fox News. Sports victories and losses in the USA are celebrated by riots and burning cars, as, for some reason, are Pumpkins. May Day is often celebrated in the US with free assembly and speech, and any time free assembly occurs successfully, there are a few people who want to ride its' coattails to experience the creation of riot porn. Read something other than Reddit once in a while.
- Kalium 11y agoI didn't get that from watching Fox or reading Reddit. It got it from walking around my neighborhood. I walk two blocks from my apartment, and I'm at an intersection where windows were smashed and cars were set afire on May Day. Ask me how I feel about the anarchists of Oakland who smashed up my neighborhood on May Day. Or how inclined I am to dismiss them as a false construct of political media. Go on...