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Sweden's stance has been that there’s no reason to believe that politicians will do a better job than the parties involved that have an actual stake in the part

Sweden's stance has been that there’s no reason to believe that politicians will do a better job than the parties involved that have an actual stake in the particular situation. A union that operates lucidly will optimize for the longevity of the company as well as for the workers, since the health of one is deeply tied to the health of the other. Theoretically, the particular union and company can take into consideration particulars that a politician can’t, since when codifying in law, the perspective is much more general. I guess we’ll see if it holds up, but IMO the Swedish model is at least not obviously worse than the “utopian” alternatives of fully centrally controlled, and fully unregulated.

mytailorisrich 3y ago
That completely ignores the point of my previous comment... We're seeing that this is not just a particular union within a particular company. Tesla is being hounded down from everywhere at once. So this shows that, actually, the 'rules' that Tesla is not following ought to be law. Same result, much less aggravation. But it looks like the Swedes are extremely stubborn: Apparently Tesla definitely cannot do what they are attempting to do but there is also absolutely no need to make it the law... Extra legal expectations of a course of action are what are creating the issue here, IMHO.