My experience of unions in general is more akin to the corrupt demagogues of Rome, or the corrupt magistrate of Japanese historical drama. Initially they were

My experience of unions in general is more akin to the corrupt demagogues of Rome, or the corrupt magistrate of Japanese historical drama. Initially they were an alternative, but no longer given current case-law relating to corporate sovereignty and other legal frameworks/interpretations that allow dual faces when its most beneficial (i.e. your a person when it suits, your a corporation and not your responsibility when you'd go to jail as a person). I've been paying close attention to the rail workers which have been largely absent from media and ruminating on what normally happens when you tell people that they cannot strike and must continue to work without pay increases in the face of staggering inflation over the span of 20+ years. > Do you think if we start shouting ... I think, at least from my studies, evil has a way of shooting itself in the foot, and compulsion; coercion and deceit all fall into that definition, at least when it comes to cascade failures and their resulting outcomes (historically, thinking of the Cultural Revolution under Mao). You can only really do whatever is within your sphere of influence, given the consolidation of power outstripped my generation, there isn't much to do besides prepare for the worst. If it is inevitable as most cascade failures become at some point, at least insofar that it happens regardless of anything you do, those that are prepared have greater opportunity to survive. Engines either burnout or stall when the balance of factors disrupts normal operations. I'll take a look at Timothy Snyder, I hadn't heard of him. I'm familiar with LL, I liked Lawrence Lessig's presentation on tweedism. Really to the point. As for your comment about Companies and the economy not functioning without labor. That is true, but its a troubling area because for a time they can function without labor. This is part of why AI/GPT related derivatives should be banned; but that's a topic for another day.