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[–] NutWrench@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 days ago

"STFU, Donnie. You're out of your element. "

[–] polyamorypagan69@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago

We are all getting fucked by captaitalism

[–] NoMadLadNZ@lemmy.nz 28 points 2 days ago (7 children)

Get off the golf course yourself then you orange turd

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[–] witness_me@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 days ago

More context, he said this on June 19th, the day Juneteenth is celebrated across America.
It's a holiday to commemorate the end of slavery in America.
He obviously doesn't want any holidays related to black people to be celebrated.

[–] Nangijala@feddit.dk 93 points 3 days ago (4 children)

As a Dane, I have always been fucking shocked at the slave-like working conditions Americans work under. They barely get any time off as it is. What do you mean too many holidays?

[–] ECB@feddit.org 46 points 3 days ago (6 children)

The worst part is... If you've ever had the pleasure of working with an American company you'll notice just how unproductive they are.

Obviously the two are closely connected, but it's always fascinating to me

[–] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 26 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yeah there's that myth that if you make people work more hours more work will be done. It all makes sense on the spreadsheet!

Reality is the workers are human, humans get tired and you aren't getting more work out of anyone by making them work more hours. You're just making someone be at a place longer because you can.

[–] Localhorst86@feddit.org 27 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Its basic math. A woman needs 9 months for a pregnancy, surely two women would only need 4.5 months.

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[–] miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com 383 points 4 days ago (1 children)

And then he went golfing. True story.

[–] CatDogL0ver@lemmy.world 123 points 4 days ago

And he flew using US government plane. He has spent millions on just plane rides.

Who is wasting tax payer's money.

[–] MetalMachine@feddit.nl 38 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Nah F that, most Americans barley get any paid time off if any. If anything we need MORE.

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 17 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, it's hilarious to hear "workers want less" when what they really mean is less forced unpaid time off, obviously if they want money they'd want to work. I'm sure those people would prefer paid time off to having to work.

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[–] polyamorypagan69@lemm.ee 17 points 2 days ago (7 children)
[–] cook_pass_babtridge@feddit.uk 23 points 2 days ago (2 children)

This isn't entirely true - someone calculated that, on a good year, a peasant could only work 150 days a year towards the rent of their own farmland. Then they have to actually work that land, take care of their animals, and manually do basically every industrial process we take for granted to get food in their belly. They didn't work 150 days a year then go off with a cheque that will sort them out for the rest of the year.

Source: https://www.adamsmith.org/blog/regulation-industry/medieval-peasants-really-did-not-work-only-150-days-a-year/

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[–] ComicalMayhem@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

wasn't this confirmed false?

[–] CalipherJones@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

It absolutely is false and it's very misleading. Living as a peasant would suck complete ass.

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[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 20 points 2 days ago

Thinly veiled attempt to get rid of juneteenth. So just the usual rightwing racism.

Is that in project 2025 ? I dont remember but they are on track for sure.

[–] DegenerationIP@lemmy.world 20 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Happens in Germany too right now. People really need to find back to Unions and take more Power over their rights, before they just Cut it off

[–] Muffi@programming.dev 5 points 2 days ago

Same in Denmark. This is our first year without "Store Bededag" (single day holiday), which our useless fucking government decided to remove, as part of their war-consent-manufacturing.

[–] Crankenstein@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Happening all over the globe. The capitalist hegemony is getting scared because their system is collapsing in on itself and, through the imperial boomerang, are beginning to employ practices only performed abroad on the interior in order to maintain their power. The US is just far ahead of the curve due to its lack of a functioning political leftwing keeping things in check.

Now is most certainly the time for people to unionize and start relearning why unions formed in the first place: so workers can band together to exert their political will and take ownership over their workplace from a parasitic class that has only ever existed to exploit our labor.

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[–] Kalysta@lemm.ee 35 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Translation: we shouldn’t give black people in america a federal holiday because i am a racist and demented old man who is increasingly irrelevant in society.

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[–] bieren@lemmy.zip 49 points 3 days ago (11 children)

β€œThe workers don’t want it”. He had about as much sense of this as he does of a concept of health care plan.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 53 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Workers. Hate. Paid. Holidays.

We've been saying it for years, but nobody listens. The liberal nanny state keeps forcing me to stay home, spend time with my family, or even go on vacation, when all I really want to do is stare at spreadsheets for another eight hours.

Enough is enough!

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[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 228 points 4 days ago (22 children)

I hate paid time off. It’s one of the greatest crimes of modern life. I think I’ll campaign to have my union dismantled and my pay cut in half because the current model is clearly ripping off my employer.

Keep in mind that the guy complaining about PTO hasn’t worked a day in his life.

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[–] trumpetmouth@lemmy.world 29 points 3 days ago

maybe there are too many non-working presidents right now?

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[–] Buske@lemmy.world 34 points 3 days ago

This guy LITERALLY raped a 13 year old back in the day, and only golfs.

[–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 122 points 3 days ago (10 children)

"the workers don't want it"

The fuck we don't

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[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 61 points 3 days ago

He says on the holiday dedicated to the freeing of the slaves. It’s no coincidence this the one he complains about.

[–] 96VXb9ktTjFnRi@feddit.nl 37 points 3 days ago

Meanwhile the US have the fewest paid leave days of any country on the planet (source).

[–] Lucelu2@lemmy.zip 33 points 3 days ago

Ah yes. The obligatory racist whinging on Juneteenth. Fat lazy bastard who doesn't get to work before 11 am because he requires "executive time" (tv time).

[–] cecinestpasunbot@lemmy.ml 55 points 3 days ago

Kind of telling to be complaining about this on a day which celebrates the end of slavery.

[–] Alaik@lemmy.zip 85 points 3 days ago (3 children)

We have the least mandated PTO in the developed world and a good portion of the underdeveloped world.

Our federal holidays aren't even days off for most people. Lol

My opinion of him can't be lower but man I keep realizing how fucking stupid his supporters are with every one of his asinine comments.

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[–] stevestevesteve@lemmy.world 137 points 4 days ago (5 children)

What a fucking moron along with all his voters

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[–] Lucky_777@lemmy.world 21 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Technically, there is no law requiring a company to provide PTO or close on Holidays. Its up to the company, not this stupid bastard.

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[–] Angry_Autist@lemmy.world 50 points 3 days ago (51 children)

The fucker is actively cratering the once biggest economy in the world

and his constituents cheer.

I hope every one of you 'genocide joe' objecters who stayed home feel crushing guilt as you watch the country collapse due to your misplaced ideologies

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[–] VeryInterestingTable@jlai.lu 77 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

One of the country with the least amount of paid vacation in the world. And that's the hill he decides to climb on. He excels at making himself look increasingly moronic.

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[–] FancyPantsFIRE@lemmy.world 108 points 4 days ago (3 children)

I doubt he cares about holidays at all, but he very much cares about removing a holiday that is specifically relevant to not white people.

I was taking with a family member yesterday and said I'd be shocked if Juneteenth is still a holiday next year.

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Why do we use the fall of civilization period known as the middle ages as a standard? Most of human history was hunter-gatherers. One of the better moments was during the age of Rome.

[–] EighteenthNerd@lemmy.world 18 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Biggest problem with non-working "holidays" is that they only apply to certain more privileged people who also get paid to not work. Everyone else either sits at home unpaid for the day, or has to work (most often without any additional compensation) to support those who do get the paid day off.

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[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 79 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

America produces way more than enough to allow everyone to live comfortably and enjoy life. But the fruits of all that extra productivity is being hoarded by a tiny portion of the population while workers are being increasingly stretched and strained to extract as much value from then as possible while paying them as least as possible.

The scarcity of wealth and the need to always work harder and longer hours to barely make it is an illusion maintained to exploit the workers.

[–] drhodl@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Says the obese pig to whom EVERY day is a holiday and a reason to golf. I never knew that POTUS was a part time position. America is fucked if there's ever a crisis before 11:00am, on a week end, or on a golfing day......

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[–] kn0wmad1c@programming.dev 67 points 3 days ago (1 children)

And the fact he posted this on Juneteenth is just coincidence, right?

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