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There is a power asymmetry between the worker class and the capitalist class. By that Gilded Age logic, certainly all unqualified workers -- and many qualified
by andrepd 7y ago
There is a power asymmetry between the worker class and the capitalist class. By that Gilded Age logic, certainly all unqualified workers -- and many qualified ones as is this case -- do not have the right to strike.
It's because of that power asymmetry that there are utterly basic protections such as it being illegal to fire strikers, hire scabs, etc.
Your "free market" approach makes for a very dystopic world indeed.
- anonsivalley652 7y agoUnfortunately, "the socialism for the rich and Darwinian austerity for the poor"-mindset is the dominant ideology in American culture. Almost no one else here watches Dr. Richard Wolff or Lee Camp, or reads Angela Davis or Howard Zinn. Until striking workers are being shot by Pinkerton snipers like the Ludlow and Lattimer massacre, most Americans will side with the employers, "workaholism is good for the company," personal self-interest only (no solidarity) and "just pull yourself up by your bootstraps or it's your fault" beliefs.
- lawnchair_larry 7y agoYet these are the same people complaining about rising tuition costs.
- specialist 7y agoWhat is impact of grad student wages on tuition costs? Say compared to slashing government subsidies for higher ed?
- dantheman 7y agoIt's hard to think of universities as the capitalist class.
- refurb 7y agoCapitalist class? The government owned and run UC system?