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My one paragraph comment was simply pointing out, something you failed to address in the grandparent's comment, that power structures once enacted t
by valarauca1 10y ago
My one paragraph comment was simply pointing out,
something you failed to address in the grandparent's
comment, that power structures once enacted tend to stick
I don't know what point you are trying to make. I really don't think you do either. Yes power structures attempt to keep themselves in place (which is indeed towards their own ends).
But this isn't just true of a union.
It is true of any government, company, VC firm, bank, school, sports team, etc. This isn't an attack on a unions. It is a condemnation of the entire system of organization the human race uses. Which I point out by relating this to the work of Max Strirner as he does levy this full criticism in a logically consistent fashion.
I am addressing the point the parent-N poster is making. Their point is moot.
Either they're stating there is a fundamental issue with all human organizations. Or they're just being biased towards unions making a No True Scotsman logical fallacy to support their argument. As are you as well.
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they've structured their rules in such a way that you can't vote, then
it should be fairly obvious that they're structurally not interested in
representing you
This criticism is out of scope. And logically inconsistent.
It can be applied to any representational democracy where the majority of members do not vote (USA for example).
This is the exact same logic the DNC uses to explain why the RNC is racist (it suppresses the voting rights of minorities, QED it is not structurally interested in representing them).
I literally addressed this issue in my unions are flawed statement. Yes I admit they aren't prefect. They aren't always interested in representing all of their members. But the company is interested in far less.
You are also refusing to qualify all members.
The main restriction is to prevent part time uber drivers (those who Uber driving isn't their sole source of income). And very new Uber drivers (if Uber paid people to manipulate union voting).
This makes complete sense. Why would a full time person who depends on Uber be interested in helping a guy who only drives 2-3 hours a month?