• minorkeys@lemmy.world
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    Why not show Rosie the riveter? Literally the most famous women worker poster in American history? Oh right. Cuz propaganda. Is this a pro socialist space or a pro Stalinist space?

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      Because Rosie the Riveter was also war propaganda designed to get more women involved in the slaughter of innocents. It has nothing to do with Socialist ideals.

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      Hmm, just looked it up, and the image of Rosie most famous today was commissioned by the Westinghouse Electric Corporation for internal use to discourage strikes.

      Yeah, this community has a lot of tankies. I think there’s stuff to learn from the past, but too many people try to whitewash or emulate it. These are different times that require different ideas and solutions; especially if we want to be better than we were in the past.