this post was submitted on 12 Dec 2024
901 points (97.4% liked)

memes

10671 readers
2174 users here now

Community rules

1. Be civilNo trolling, bigotry or other insulting / annoying behaviour

2. No politicsThis is non-politics community. For political memes please go to !politicalmemes@lemmy.world

3. No recent repostsCheck for reposts when posting a meme, you can only repost after 1 month

4. No botsNo bots without the express approval of the mods or the admins

5. No Spam/AdsNo advertisements or spam. This is an instance rule and the only way to live.

Sister communities

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] b161@lemmy.blahaj.zone 130 points 1 week ago (2 children)

“It’s not the class you were born into, it’s the class you’re willing to fight for.”

If he was poor the narrative would be he’s just jealous and should have got a job and worked his way up.

[–] MITM0@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

Exactly, when people at the top fight for people at the bottom, you need to show your support Because that person will not be allowed to remain at the top

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yep, I'm reminded of Nina van Zandt Spies an heiress who gave it up to marry one of the haymarket martyrs. Sure of the Haymarket widows she's no Lucy Parsons, but America couldn't handle the one of her, much less a second.

We don't have a great many stories of people betraying the upper class for the lower, but all who do are welcome among us far more than those who betray our class for the upper are among them.

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Yeah, the whole of the Haymarket affair is fascinating. It was a quick blurb in my history classes in school, but the rest of the world celebrates labor day on its anniversary.

Lucy Parsons is definitely the most interesting person involved. A freewoman who married a former confederate soldier (who would die for his role at Haymarket) and became a militant activist for anarchism and communism. She was a voice for returning fire on the rich and given her life story even liberals find it hard to blame her for it