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“Politics” is simply the means by which we distribute power and resources. There is no division between labor organizing and politics. We just think there is in
by xtian 6y ago
“Politics” is simply the means by which we distribute power and resources. There is no division between labor organizing and politics. We just think there is in the US because worker movements have been systematically dismantled for decades.
- tomp 6y agoI don't think that's what parent poster meant by "politics"...
- rayiner 6y agoIronically, college-educated white collar workers (like those at Google) have sped that along by driving a wedge between economic liberals over social issues: https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-trump-won-in-two-dimensions-1502320256 https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-trump-won-in-two-dimensions... When Amazon’s managers are Democrats you think any progress will get made on workers issues?
- xtian 6y agoI don’t think Democrats represent workers’ issues any more than Republicans if that’s what you’re asking. The point of labor organization is to enable workers to leverage their fundamental role in the mechanism of capitalism in order to make demands with teeth. That’s the only way to gain concessions from the establishment political parties.