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Without force the unions can’t exist. It’s like a lot of things with government involvement: Unless you are forced to do it, many people, especially if money is
by underseacables 6y ago
Without force the unions can’t exist. It’s like a lot of things with government involvement: Unless you are forced to do it, many people, especially if money is involved, will eventually decide not to. So in order for the union to survive and have power they have to force everyone to join, everyone to pay, and everyone submit to its system whether they like it or not. What I see in this union vote is that people didn’t want to give up their autonomy to someone else. I think anything that asks citizens to give up some kind of autonomy - especially now - is going to incite people negatively.
- tarquinpussy 6y agoI love how libertarians come in with this kind of fairy story as if there aren't real world examples to look at. Here in England nobody forces you to join a union, it's still voluntary, and lots of people are members.
- vidarh 6y agoUnions operate on a voluntary membership only basis most places, and plenty of countries with such systems have far higher unionisation rates than the US.
- tarquinpussy 6y agoFor an American libertarian, fairy stories about how the think the world would work count for much more than looking at how things actually work in other places.