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We already knew the GOP hated the 14th and 15th amendments, but now we've learned (Original Post) struggle4progress Jan 2019 OP
This..... safeinOhio Jan 2019 #1
I will never forget watching debates at several levels of government in airmid Jan 2019 #2
Except the 2nd, they hate them all kwijybo Jan 2019 #3
The peoplerunning the government are denying their employees wages malaise Jan 2019 #4
This country was built on slavery ProfessorPlum Jan 2019 #5

safeinOhio

(32,532 posts)
1. This.....
Tue Jan 22, 2019, 04:31 AM
Jan 2019

The guillotine, which came to symbolize the French Revolution, was first used in 1792. Its scaffold was the final stage for Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, aristocrats, foreigners, revolutionaries, counterrevolutionaries, bourgeoisie, and peasants alike.

airmid

(500 posts)
2. I will never forget watching debates at several levels of government in
Tue Jan 22, 2019, 05:09 AM
Jan 2019

This last presidential election cycle. Often the question "Do you support a living wage?" Was asked. More times than not the Repuclican answered no. And people still vote for them. I just don't get it.

ProfessorPlum

(11,252 posts)
5. This country was built on slavery
Tue Jan 22, 2019, 06:49 AM
Jan 2019

and the powers that be have been working to bring it back in as many ways as they can. Prison labor, migrant labor, the labor laws in Saipan, "unpaid internships", no/low minimum wage, crushing unions, and now, forcing federal workers to work without pay.

We have to fight this fucking inhumane tendency in our ruling class.

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