Tweeting “We all need to seize the means of production,” the AFL-CIO’s Twitter account posted a video of a Marxist union carpenter fomenting class warfare.
On Tuesday, the AFL-CIO, the nation’s largest federation of labor unions, tweeted a video that called on the working class to “seize the means of production.”
The video was made by MEANS TV, reports the Daily Caller, described as the “world’s first anti-capitalist worker-owned streaming platform.”
The narrator, Marxist roofer Dan Whelan, criticizes the “Myth of the Middle Class,” stating:
“The idea of a large percentage of people live as some sort of middle class removed from the inherent conflict between workers and owners is a fiction.
For generations, it has been used by the rich and the media as a wedge to keep large sections of the working class from identifying as workers.”
We all need to seize the means of production. 🥖 🌹 #1u pic.twitter.com/Tx2nxybn4S
— AFL-CIO (@AFLCIO) May 14, 2019
The AFL-CIO’s official Twitter account calling for the seizure of property marks a turning point in the federation that once vehemently opposed socialism and Communism.
Needless to say, not everyone on twitter was in agreement.
Some mocked the federation:
— Ken Gardner (@KenGardner11) May 14, 2019
— Ken Gardner (@KenGardner11) May 14, 2019
— Phineas Fahrquar (@irishspy) May 14, 2019
Others, though, were more pointed:
You’re full blown Commies and have no place in a Constitutional Republic. Deport yourselves.
— Stevie Bennett❌ (@ScreedofStevie) May 14, 2019
Lying Moron thugs.
— Atlassheepdog (@atlassheepdog) May 14, 2019
"Pay your taxes" or "Pay your Union Dues."
When will the working class realize that the unions and the government are both exploiting them for $$$$?
— Angie (@evangie) May 14, 2019
