Truckers are starting a working-class revolution — and the left hates it

[Mac-7]

Sure. Dudes with around $200,000 capital investment and annual operating costs of maybe $150,000 are working class.

I think so

 

[lantern2814]

Facebook Removes 'Convoy to D.C. 2022' Group, Claiming It Violated 'Policies Around QAnon'

My cat's litter smells better than Facebook's explanation!

legalinsurrection.com

I don't think that Facebook is going to stop the movement... Facebook can't stop CB Radios..

Breaker! Breaker! We've Got A Convoy Coming to D.C.​

Facebook has gone as far as to ban people for simply typing the word “Honk”. As if any more proof was needed that the left has lost what few brain cells they had left.

 

[JusticeHammer]

The working class are not qualified to make decisions. Only qualified people with government approved educations and peer reviewed performance should be allowed to do the thinking. The working class should either consent and obey or they should be segregated and left out.

I hope you are being sarcastic. If not, STFU idiot.

 

[MinTrut]

Truckers are starting a working-class revolution — and the left hates it​

Truckers are starting a working-class revolution — and the left hates it

So we’re finally seeing a genuine, bottom-up, working-class revolution. In Canada, and increasingly in the United States, truckers and others are refusing to follow government orders.

nypost.com

3 Feb 2022 ~~ By Glen H. Reynolds
So we’re finally seeing a genuine, bottom-up, working-class revolution. In Canada, and increasingly in the United States, truckers and others are refusing to follow government orders, telling the powerful that, in a popular lefty formulation, if there’s no justice, there’s no peace.
Naturally, the left hates it.
For more than a century, lefties have talked about such a revolt. But if you really paid attention, the actual role of the working class in their working-class revolution was not to call the shots — it was to do what it was told by the “intellectual vanguard” of the left.
A working-class revolution led by the working class is the left’s worst nightmare because the working class doesn’t want what the left wants. The working class wants jobs, a stable economy, safe streets, low inflation, schools that teach things and a conservative, non-adventurous foreign policy that won’t get a lot of working-class people killed. It’s not excited about gender fluidity, critical race theory, “modern monetary theory,” foreign adventures and defunding police.
~Snip~
But nobody believes that because it’s as obvious a lie as the claims about Russians. Leftists talk about race because they don’t want people to notice they’ve been waging class war.
The “white supremacist” bit we can write right off. If white supremacy were a serious thing, leftists — like hate-crime hoaxer Jussie Smollett — wouldn’t have to invent it.
~Snip~
Once again, Biden’s main source of support is the press, which will always back a Democrat, especially against working-class opposition.
But as Twitter user Greg Price noted: “If truckers quit their jobs, society would immediately collapse. If politicians quit their jobs, the world would become a better place. We need truckers more than anybody else.”
Truckers have figured that out. Right now Justin Trudeau and Joe Biden are worrying about truckers coming out. They should really worry about truckers staying home.


Commentary:
Truckers of the world, unite? Politicians and the Elite don’t like that?
I think it’s hilarious that the Progressive Marxist Socialist/DSA Democrats are furious about the workers of the world uniting against them.
I understand that American truckers are looking to do the same as Canadian truckers are doing in Canada.
GO Convoy DC 2022

Convoy to DC 2022 – American Truckers Awakening “the Fire-Breathing Dragon”

Convoy to DC 2022 is being organized by American truckers in response to the Canadian Freedom Convoy. People are totally fed up with the mandates, the unscientific political coercion that has …

theblogginghounds.com

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'Convoy to DC 2022' Gains Momentum as American Truckers Get Organized

Meanwhile, Canadian PM Trudeau's gambit to smear Freedom Convoy participants as racist is an epic failure.

legalinsurrection.com

Hmm..., I like the tag line.

U.S. truckers gearing up for Convoy to D.C. 2022

Hot on the heels of the convoy of Canadian truckers, multiple efforts to stage a similar convoy in the U.S. have emerged.

landline.media

Who will the Progressive Marxist/DSA Democrat Leftists blame for this "Insurrection"?
Will Joe Biden call out the national Guard and have DC Cops arrest them all when the truckers roll down Pennsylvania Ave?
I’m pretty sure reality is going to soon hit PM/DSA Democrats like a Mack truck soon.

The left supports it.

Democrats hate it.

Confusing Democrats with the left is like thinking the Nazis were the victims of the Jews.

 

[Samofvt]

I hope you are being sarcastic. If not, STFU idiot.

They invited the government "scientists" to a debate/briefing, but the government made no response. Watch this feed from about 1 hr 30 minutes :

 

[Penelope]

Spoken from pure ignorance.

What you and your leftist ilk don't understand is when people have had enough, they've have had enough. This is what the Canadian government is learning now. There is only so far you can push people.

I can't speak for what truckers have to put up with in Canada, but apparently enough to make this vaccine nonsense the last straw. I can speak about what's going on in this country, and because of bureaucratic tyranny, they make it harder and harder for drivers to make a living. In fact we are short 11,000 drivers in this country right now, and that number will continue to grow as we baby boomers head for retirement.

So what's in store this year for drivers? Starting this month, if you want to drive a truck, you must now attend government classes in spite of the training you paid for or learned from your employer. Even if you already drive and want to upgrade from a straight truck to tractor-trailer, you have to take this idiotic class.

There are plans for a US trucker strike. When we bring our trucks to a halt, we bring the country to a halt and I hope it happens next month as planned. I want to see what people do when there are no places to buy things. No food, empty Walmart stores, no place to buy a new car. Maybe then people will support this fight against authoritarian government.

Ray from Cleveland
Former trucker thanks to out of control bureaucrats.

They don't want to work, and they won't have a job to come back too. The stupid truckers.

 

[Cecilie1200]

Sure. Dudes with around $200,000 capital investment and annual operating costs of maybe $150,000 are working class.

First of all, only about 10% of truck drivers are owner-operators. The rest are employees of a company. Second of all, most owner-operators do not buy their rigs by simply plopping down $200,000 in cash, no more than most homebuyers buy a house that way. They finance them. Third, "working class" is not defined by the amount of money people have, however obsessed YOU might be with it. It's defined by the type of work the people do: manual or industrial. Truck drivers certainly qualify. In fact, lots of working-class jobs are quite lucrative. Ever take a look at how much money plumbers make? My sister is a senior medical billing claims analyst for a major healthcare company; my brother-in-law is a forklift driver. Guess which one makes more money?

 

[Cecilie1200]

The majority of long road truckers are independents and are not Teamster members

Well, it's true about the Teamster membership. The vast majority of truck drivers aren't interested in wasting their time and money on it.

 

[Cecilie1200]

I hope you are being sarcastic. If not, STFU idiot.

I'm pretty sure he was being sarcastic.

 

[surada]

Furthermore, only politicians should be making health care choices, based on the consent of popularity polls conducted by government approved agencies.

Private health care delivery is not dictated by politicians.

 

[Penelope]

First of all, only about 10% of truck drivers are owner-operators. The rest are employees of a company. Second of all, most owner-operators do not buy their rigs by simply plopping down $200,000 in cash, no more than most homebuyers buy a house that way. They finance them. Third, "working class" is not defined by the amount of money people have, however obsessed YOU might be with it. It's defined by the type of work the people do: manual or industrial. Truck drivers certainly qualify. In fact, lots of working-class jobs are quite lucrative. Ever take a look at how much money plumbers make? My sister is a senior medical billing claims analyst for a major healthcare company; my brother-in-law is a forklift driver. Guess which one makes more money?

“The Teamsters Union denounces the ongoing Freedom Convoy protest at the Canadian border that continues to hurt workers and negatively impact our economy. The livelihood of working Americans and Canadians in the automotive, agricultural, and manufacturing sectors is threatened by this blockade.

Teamsters Denounce Freedom Convoy Blockade at Canadian Border

(WASHINGTON) – The following is the official statement of Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa regarding the ongoing blockade by the Freedom Convoy protest a

teamster.org

 

[Penelope]

Furthermore, only politicians should be making health care choices, based on the consent of popularity polls conducted by government approved agencies.

Doctors should make health care choices.

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

“The Teamsters Union denounces the ongoing Freedom Convoy protest at the Canadian border that continues to hurt workers and negatively impact our economy. The livelihood of working Americans and Canadians in the automotive, agricultural, and manufacturing sectors is threatened by this blockade.

Teamsters Denounce Freedom Convoy Blockade at Canadian Border

(WASHINGTON) – The following is the official statement of Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa regarding the ongoing blockade by the Freedom Convoy protest a

teamster.org

And that's good to see too.

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

They don't want to work, and they won't have a job to come back too. The stupid truckers.

You have no idea what you're talking about. Truckers today have the upper hand. When I was working, I could piss on my bosses desk, and after he fired me, I'd have a job the next day. Companies across this country are desperate for drivers, and would welcome any Canadian driver to join our transportation industry, and they'd probably make better money.

Canadian drivers are trained and experienced unlike the garbage coming from places like the middle-east and Russia. Those people have zero training or experience, but our industry is hiring them anyway they are so desperate because our government just handed them a CDL.

Now that moron Trudeau is threatening to take away their CDL's in Canada. Brilliant! Who are you going to get to replace those truckers?

The problem is tyrants refuse to give up their tyranny, so let everybody suffer.

 

[Tumblin Tumbleweed]

You have no idea what you're talking about. Truckers today have the upper hand. When I was working, I could piss on my bosses desk, and after he fired me, I'd have a job the next day.

How does a phrase like that get vomited from a productive member of society? Here's a hint: it doesn't. In 40+ years of employment, it never even crossed my mind to piss on an employer's desk. This sounds like dirtbag gutter snipe logic. I'm beginning to understand why you're a former truck driver.

Companies across this country are desperate for drivers, and would welcome any Canadian driver to join our transportation industry, and they'd probably make better money.

Correct. Truck drivers are completely replaceable. It is not a difficult job.

Canadian drivers are trained and experienced unlike the garbage coming from places like the middle-east and Russia. Those people have zero training or experience, but our industry is hiring them anyway they are so desperate because our government just handed them a CDL.

A CDL is not a difficult thing to obtain. Any idiot can get one. Truck drivers are completely replaceable. It is not a difficult job.

Now that moron Trudeau is threatening to take away their CDL's in Canada. Brilliant! Who are you going to get to replace those truckers?

Other people. A CDL is not a difficult thing to obtain. Any idiot can get one. Truck drivers are completely replaceable. It is not a difficult job.

The problem is tyrants refuse to give up their tyranny, so let everybody suffer.

Blocking trade routes infringes upon the civil liberties of others. It's an act of tyranny. You want to deflect to BLM/Antifa because you think it's okay when your 'side' does it. It's not okay. Your hypocrisy is completely unacceptable.

 

[Oddball]

Sure. Dudes with around $200,000 capital investment and annual operating costs of maybe $150,000 are working class.

Yet another clueless cement head who knows nothing about truckers.

 

[Oddball]

 

[Soupnazi630]

Sure. Dudes with around $200,000 capital investment and annual operating costs of maybe $150,000 are working class.

They work for their living so yes they are.

Your standards are not valid

 

[Zincwarrior]

Biden campaigned on supporting unions. Some of the first executive orders he issued broke half a dozen of them.

The first union we need to re-instate is the union of the people against tyranny. Then, down the road, maybe we can talk about the little stuff like unions vs independent contractors vs corporations.

Translation: unions bad. Working class bad.

 

[Soupnazi630]

Doctors should make health care choices.

Wrong.

Patients should make them