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> An electric motor, on the other hand, is really just some magnets wrapped in wires and it only needs a single speed transmission. That simplicity worries the
by syndicatedjelly 3y ago
> An electric motor, on the other hand, is really just some magnets wrapped in wires and it only needs a single speed transmission. That simplicity worries the United Auto Workers union.
A classic example of perverse incentives created by labor unions. Imagine building a piece of software and getting criticized by some sort of "software union" that it's too easy to use.
- loa_in_ 3y agoUnions represent human livelihoods. It's the companies who force creation of unions by inhumanely squeezing every penny out of the literal source of value, the workers and cutting corners on the employees' livelihoods.
- pauldenton 3y agoMore like Police Unions represent a political base for Republicans, and Teachers Unions represent a political base for Democrats, and both are appeased to when their guy is in power, even at the expense of everyone else.
- syndicatedjelly 3y agoIf this was Chicago in 1890, then I agree, Upton Sinclair. Today's unions have visited every level of corruption and come back. They're a shell of whatever they once claimed to be. The concept of a union is similar to socialism, in that they're both great in theory, atrocious in practice.
- chii 3y ago> Imagine building a piece of software and getting criticized by some sort of "software union" that it's too easy to use. exactly how the tax software industry operates!
- JambalayaJim 3y agoThis is an example of the kind of perverse incentives created by capitalism. Auto workers are not happy about a technology that makes their jobs easier, because they know it will result in the ownership class reducing their wages, not sharing the newfound wealth. We should have software unions for this reason. Software developers are going to be caught with their pants down with AI.
- syndicatedjelly 3y agoWhat kinds of protections do software engineers need, that a union can offer?
- pauldenton 3y agoAnd for examples of the perverse incentives created by Socialism, look into the history of the Soviet car industry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automotive_industry_in_the_Soviet_Union https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automotive_industry_in_the_Sov...