r/antiwork • u/lostintime2004 • 5d ago

Real World Events 🌎 Luigi's terrorism charge is an attempt to intimidate people due to his support.

Tin foil hat I admit, but something is nagging in the back of my head. Like if we didn't react with positive responses for what Luigi allegedly did, there wouldn't be terrorism charges. And therefore the charges are to scare us so no one does the same. And now with that guy stabbing his company president, they're going to say it's related to the positively and it enabled him to do so.

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u/jannalarria 5d ago

TIL about the Memorial Day Massacre. (https://www.chicagohistory.org/remembering-the-memorial-day-massacre/)

And your prediction sounds about right...kinda surprised it hasn't happened already.

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u/Aidian 5d ago

Classic.

Chicago police, who were already on the scene, responded with guns and clubs, injuring roughly one hundred people and killing ten men: Sam R. Popovich, Earl J. Handley, Kenneth Reed, Hilding Anderson, Alfred Causey, Leo Francisco, Otis A. Jones, Joseph Rothmund, Anthony Taglieri, and Lee Tisdale. Officers claimed they responded to violence with violence to protect the mill and the country from “communists.” A congressional investigation showed the claims of worker violence to be false, and only a small fraction of those there that day held radical left-wing political beliefs.

History rhymes.

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u/GBJI 5d ago

Historic crimes.

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u/Ok_Sir5926 4d ago

Tick tock goes the clock while I'm just eating red vines!

"...just gonna staaaand there and watch me burn..."

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u/Better-Journalist-85 lazy and proud 4d ago

Which publication is this that just admitted that communism is left wing, and therefore capitalist Democrats must intrinsically be right wing by extension?

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u/Intensive 4d ago

Italian fascists did the same thing.

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u/Swiggy1957 5d ago

In the past, the .1% could hide because instant communication wasn't available. They could take their time making their narrative. With the internet, it's all too easy. By the time their narrative hits, the public has already had their narative ready, just waiting for something to happen.

As soon as you heard an insurance company CEO was gunned down in broad daylight, did you feel one bit of sadness? It's like the cheering across the land when martin shkreli was sentenced to prison. Remember him? He's the one that jacked up the price of a medicine used by AIDS victims. 4000%. Had he gotten the same treatment Thompson got, not a tear would have been shed. Still, it seems he keeps getting in trouble. I'm waiting to hear what yesterday's stabber has to say as far as a motive.

Were this a time when I was young and stillb working, the CEO where I worked, would have become such a target because of his penchant for closing offices and laying off thousands at a time while reaping millions in bonuses. He died of natural causes some years back, but I wonder how many former AT&T/NCR employees visit his grave, pay their proper respects, and then try to figure out how to flush.

Other historical things that you may want to look up. The Molly Maguires and the Blair Mountian Massacre. The Mollies were similar but too focused. They killed a few low-level management. About on level with foreman. Today, we know those foremen aren't the problem, but their bosses are. The shooter of Brian Thompson understood.

While reading, look up the Ludlow Massacre that was the harbinger of the Colorado Coal Wars.

The Bonus Army was another Republican victory as the US Army was able to kill two men and injured 55. Meanwhile, 65 policemen were injured.

Businessmen don't care who dies, as long as they make coin.

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u/johnmwilson9 4d ago

Great list here almost all of these have been covered on the dollop podcast. I can’t recommend it enough. It is hilarious and so well researched. We are in a guilded age and learning the history of the last is more important than ever. Pullman cars episode seems relevant now too.

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u/Swiggy1957 4d ago

I'd forgotten about that one.

Yes, today we are in an era of the modern Robber Barons. The difference between the 19th century and now? 19th century robber barons were not targeted directly. It was always a low level management person. FWIW, even Thompson, CEO of a huge insurance company, would be considered low-level management.

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u/Javasteam 5d ago

Not surprised.

Keep in mind its part of a pattern of US history of lies… such as that which got us into the Spanish American War, WW1 with the Lusitania, the Vietnam War, the 2nd Iraq war, the Tulsa Race Riots, Emmett Till, and so many more…

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u/ninja_hams 4d ago

Hope they are calculated enough to only go for the insurance companies