"The idea that unions can magically get a level-playing field in any country without support from the state also suggests you are a bit naive..." Didn't essent

"The idea that unions can magically get a level-playing field in any country without support from the state also suggests you are a bit naive..." Didn't essentially every private-sector labor union in U.S. history start without support from the state? (and, arguably, despite the opposition of the state?) Government intervention on union behalf generally doesn't happen until after a union installs a number of its candidates into that level of government.