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The HOA comparison doesn't make much sense here. Unions give people a democratic way to exercise power against an existing powerful organization (corporations),
by ropeladder 4y ago
The HOA comparison doesn't make much sense here. Unions give people a democratic way to exercise power against an existing powerful organization (corporations), in what would otherwise be an authoritarian workplace. HOAs are a way to exercise power as a group against individuals in the group. It's true that democratic institutions can be frustrating, but this (obvious) fact is not the clever gotcha you seem to think of is.
- aesh2Xa1 4y agoYes, it seems a far more apt comparison to union dues would be government taxation.
- dixie_land 4y ago> HOAs are a way to exercise power as a group against individuals in the group. s/HOA/Union/ and this statement is still true
- wreath 4y agoThis is solving a problem with the wrong tool. I shouldn't need another layer of bureaucracy in order to exercise my power as a citizen/employee against a powerful organization. The same way i don't need a priest to hook me up w/ the guy in the sky.