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I disagree - I think that the right-wing opinion machine has been successfully busting unions and scapegoating labor for so long that the tech industry doesn't
by thenewwazoo 11y ago
I disagree - I think that the right-wing opinion machine has been successfully busting unions and scapegoating labor for so long that the tech industry doesn't see the value-add of the union itself. I view it a bit like the anti-vax movement. Nobody today is dying of polio, so the necessity and urgency are lost. (And Americans are spectacularly bad at learning from history because exceptionalism)
- Chlorus 11y ago> (And Americans are spectacularly bad at learning from history because exceptionalism) Because the union scandals of the 60s and 70s never happened, of course.
- clarkmoody 11y ago> bad at learning from history I assume you're referring to the current fascination with socialism? You know, that great political innovation that lead to a hundred million murders in the 20th century. Sorry, couldn't resist. You should look into the history of unions. You might be surprised at their non-progressive / non-egalitarian origins. You don't need a "right-wing opinion machine" to besmirch the name of unions; you simply have to look at the long history of state-union corruption.
- yardie 11y agoSocialism did what? Some despot puts Socialist in the state name and that makes it socialist? So North Korea is a shining example of democracy because it's right there Democratic People's Republic. Does your 100million lives include the many millions the USA has helped see to their deaths? I couldn't resist.
- clarkmoody 11y agoDon't get the idea that I'm defending the US government's actions in any way, since I disagree with most of its actions, especially in foreign policy.