PoliticalChic
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Nor did the left call out the National Guard to intimidate and kill the common worker...Back to the point: Progressivism is a branch of the same tree that gave us Nazism, Communism, and every totalitarian permutation.
You might want to brush up on US history, specifically the labor movement of the early 20th century. It was the laissez faire types who demanded no safety regulations in mines and mills and who bought off police and state legislatures to actively oppress people who just wanted to be treated like human beings and not a draft mule. Machine gunning miners in Ludlow CO and Cabin Creek WV wasn't done by the left.
These 'common workers'?
"...someone hurled a bomb at the police, killing one officer instantly. Police drew guns, firing wildly. Sixty officers were injured, and eight died; an undetermined number of the crowd were killed or wounded.
The Haymarket bomb seemed to confirm the worst fears of business leaders and others anxious about the growing labor movement and radical influence in it. Mayor Harrison quickly banned meetings and processions."
Haymarket and May Day