Breandán

Irish republican, worker, antifascist

[Breandán @Breandn]

@jasonomahony We already did that cheap populist stunt once, an comisiun an snip nua

[Breandán @Breandn]

@jacknolan__ so likewise a haulier who went out on his own is still a worker

Ireland achieved peasant proprietorship of land in the 1800s since then our farms are owned by ordinary workers (the majority of which need 2dn jobs to survive)

[Breandán @Breandn]

@jacknolan__ well yes, the idea that a self employed trades person on a site alongside a directly employed one both doing the same job for the same rate are in different economic classes is daft

[Breandán @Breandn]

@Annie_deBhal @SiobhanCon73085 it kinda suggests you're not overly familiar with the economics of Irish agriculture. 60 acres was a big farm in the 1950s its not now.

Like theres a reason PBP and sinn fein the main left parties are supporting them

[Annie de Bhal חוה #FreePalestine 🇵🇸🍉 @Annie_deBhal]

@Breandn @SiobhanCon73085 That does not change anything.

[Breandán @Breandn]

@Annie_deBhal by your logic self employed trades people aren't working class. thats just not how it works

farmers own our land but were still not bourgeoise, marxists never dismissed peasants the way you are

hauliers and hire men own the tools of the trade, its like owning a hammer

[Breandán @Breandn]

@Annie_deBhal @SiobhanCon73085 no one with 60 acrees has 8 john deeres 60 acres is a one or two tractor farm

[Breandán @Breandn]

@eamonn_kelly1 @EO_Halloran their demand for a fuel cap is a left wing one

[Breandán @Breandn]

@EO_Halloran i dunno seems to me they're just annoyed by the reality of their fuel bills going up massively and the fact it'd be impossible for them to up their prices to cover the difference, more than anything they saw online

[Breandán @Breandn]

@gunnerineirinn @leebonnie2707 objectively false the protest is actually mostly ag hire men, who do all the big jobs for multiple farmers because its not economically viable for a farm to have massivly expensive equipment they only need once a year.

[Breandán @Breandn]

@leebonnie2707 glad to know I'm apparently bourgeois because I've a few acrea and a farm that isn't enough to live on without a second job

[Breandán @Breandn]

@jasonomahony thats nothing new you have people complaining about the social welfare xmas bonus every year

[Breandán @Breandn]

@neonjazzpe5536 @TullamoreJew_ not at all no.

my point was dismissing them for having tractors when the job requires one is stupid

[Breandán @Breandn]

@GarethNotGarth tax cuts for massive companies,
putting corporate landlords first
and assisting us imperialism

all clearly right wing

[Breandán @Breandn]

@GarethNotGarth i literally just did can you not read

[Breandán @Breandn]

@GarethNotGarth @ThomNolan https://t.co/1jrsunf2Od

REITS act 2014, gave funds massive tax cuts and government has refused to ban them scince

[Breandán @Breandn]

@CianOConcubhair how much do you think a truck driver or farmer makes in ireland?

anyway worker is defined by relationship to capital not income level

[Breandán @Breandn]

@GarethNotGarth whereas the right wing government are who the protests are against

[Breandán @Breandn]

@GarethNotGarth except bpb and sinn fein, the left parties that are in the Dáil both support the protest

[Breandán @Breandn]

@GarethNotGarth @ThomNolan tax cuts for massive corporations, letting US imperialist use Shannon airport, letting corporate landlords control the rental market. just to name a few