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Writing a series of disjointed thoughts doesn’t automatically turn it into an argument… you need to connect the dots somehow, via some plausible line(s) of argu

• npteljes 1y ago
  Alright, let me try to connect those dots! Question: "If a business, after unionizing, ultimately delivers more value per dollar to the end customer… then why would anyone even need to write essays arguing for it?" Argument: This can happen because businesses are not rational. Businesses are not rational, because people run businesses, and people are not rational. People are not rational, because while they are capable of rationality, they are neither perfect, nor simply just rational - rationality is but one of the components that influence their decisions. Evidence of people not being rational: the very lifestyle they end up living. Personal development demonstrably works to improve life outcomes, and yet people often give up on it. Evidence for business being profitable despite heightened worker protections: McDonalds in Denmark. US routinely rejects increase to minimum wage or worker rights, citing economic unviability. But the very same businesses flourishing at places where such things were implemented demonstrate otherwise.