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One could argue that the shared prosperity created by automation/mechanization and distributed in part by unions raised people's living standards to the degree
by rm_-rf_slash 10y ago
One could argue that the shared prosperity created by automation/mechanization and distributed in part by unions raised people's living standards to the degree that they no longer believed that unions were necessary to maintain their lifestyle.
As corporations sent jobs to other countries and Reagan fired the air traffic controllers, people were complacent enough to let it happen while they succumbed to their own pleasures.
- rhizome 10y agoI don't know, but I like the idea that prosperity took the workers' eyes off the ball and management[sic] took the opportunity to wage war against unions as a concept.
- rm_-rf_slash 10y agoThis was somewhat addressed in Adam Curtis' newest documentary, HyperNormalization. One line in the beginning really encapsulated the situation: "While we were dozing, the money crept in."