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you seem to be for free markets and against unions, but that's contradictory. free markets precisely allow participants to join together (e.g., unionize) to st
by clairity 9y ago
you seem to be for free markets and against unions, but that's contradictory.
free markets precisely allow participants to join together (e.g., unionize) to strike better deals in the marketplace (in fact, that was one of the original advantages of forming a company, to band people together to gain market power).
- saalweachter 9y agoA lot of people like to pretend that government invented unions, when what the government did was step in and set things up so companies would stop hiring mercenaries to shoot unionized workers and unionized workers would stop burning down factories. Making it harder for government to effectively mediate labor disputes won't eliminate labor disputes, in the long run, it will just bring back the thuggery of the late 19th/early 20th century.
- dnautics 9y agoThe government does far more than stop companies from hiring thugs to shoot union members (which it should do). The government does things like obligate non union members to pay union dues even when they choose not to participate.
- msla 9y agoThe government forces people to pay union dues even when they choose to not support the political groups unions give money to.