What's interesting to me is that at first pass I thought you were in agreement with me, but on a second reading it seems that you related the non-unioned work e

What's interesting to me is that at first pass I thought you were in agreement with me, but on a second reading it seems that you related the non-unioned work environment to a fedual state when instead I relate the unioned work environment to a feudal state. Why do you think non unions are fedual states? The way I see it, unions require: - Forced periodic taxes in membership - No self representation in negotiations - Policies largely derived by "status" in the form of length of service, tenure, etc. uncorrelated with performance - At any point in time the tyranny of the majority can descend on an otherwise libertarian environment and forcibly turn it into a feudal state While non-unions allow: - Individual representation and negotiation - Policies related to merit or other unstructured agreements (e.g., I'll work during Diwali if you work during Easter) - No forced requirement to pay taxes to any authority other than the government