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The last 40 years have seen information asymmetry decline like in no other era. Until now, that mostly benefited the rich. Workers are just catching up on the s
by Kye 6y ago
The last 40 years have seen information asymmetry decline like in no other era. Until now, that mostly benefited the rich. Workers are just catching up on the same phenomenon that led to the new Gilded Age.
I hope we can avoid massacres this time.
- sp332 6y agoAmazon has already hired the Pinkertons, so that's not a foregone conclusion. https://www.vice.com/en/article/5dp3yn/amazon-leaked-reports-expose-spying-warehouse-workers-labor-union-environmental-groups-social-movements https://www.vice.com/en/article/5dp3yn/amazon-leaked-reports... Quick history lesson if anyone needs one: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homestead_strike https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homestead_strike
- SpicyLemonZest 6y agoCome on now. The Homestead strike involved a firefight between the union and strike-breakers. Do you really think that's a plausible outcome of Amazon's anti-union efforts?
- fl0wenol 6y agoAsking questions like that in 2020 is cursed, why invite the devil inside?
- claudeganon 6y agoLook at what the cops did to protestors throughout the past year. What makes you think they wouldn’t do the same in the context of labor unrest?
- eezurr 6y agoIt's not pure science, but Always an interesting read: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strauss–Howe_generational_theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strauss–Howe_generational_theo...