Soon, Old Glory will have to be born in the land of the free and not merely flying over it.
Congress has passed a proposal to require the federal government to purchase only American flags that have been completely manufactured in the U.S. The U.S. imports millions of American flags from overseas, mostly from China, and the sponsors of the proposal said it’s time for American flags to originate in the country they represent.
Supporters of the proposal, led by Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine and Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio, said the change is more than just symbolic — they believe it will support American jobs and manufacturers while preserving the nation’s most recognized banner.
They’re literally purging the voting rolls right now.
They’re literally purging the voting rolls right now.
You sure can own stuff. Good luck buying it.
There is official slavery. Read the 13th Amendment again.
Your Boss can fire you for anything at any time.
Your Boss can fire you for anything at any time.
The 40 hour work week is weaponized against hourly employees and non existent for salary employees.
Child labor is literally back on the menu in red states. And unenforced except for under age immigrants in blue states.
College requires selling yourself into lifetime debt.
This list wasn’t incremental. When these things happened they were big fucking deals and not baby steps. If we wanted to outlaw child labor again we’d invent some stupid scheme where kids had to spend increasingly less time at work until employers voluntarily stopped hiring them. Instead of how we actually did it. Not only have we allowed all of this to be seriously degraded in the post Reagan era, we’ve forgotten how we actually got this shit done in the first place. We didn’t ask nicely and accept baby steps.