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by ClumsyPilot 1323 days ago
> socialist regulatory authority to make the strike illegal

So the US government of 1920's was socialist, is that why they ordered the military to carpet bomb striking miners?

> Going on strike could—and often did—mean being beaten by strikebreakers, being shot at by National Guardsmen, or even having bombs dropped on you from biplanes.

https://listverse.com/2017/09/14/10-tragic-times-the-us-gove...

The word socialist has meaning, it doesn't mean 'bad guys'. It means siding with workers in their dispute with capital.

There can be times when it's the wrong this to do, but claiming that strike-breaking is socialist is like claiming that French Revolution was monarchist