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That doesn’t mean it’s wrong.

• remram 5y ago
  That doesn't mean it's right. In this case, it is wrong; collective bargaining goes way back, and while it is true that some unions officers have been crooks (and indeed controlled by Mafia), unions did not come from the Mafia. It's one of those technically true statements. Like "the history of the web in the US is inseparable from child pornography". Yes, some regulations were put in place because of the existence of child porn, but the implication that the web was created by/for child molesters is wrong.
  • busterarm 5y ago
    I never alleged that though. I just said that you can't separate the existence of unions from racketeering. Union racketeering still goes on today.
    • remram 5y ago
      That's only true in the same sense that you "can't separate" the existence of hardware stores from murders. People still get killed by hammers today.