> Another large portion of the blame lies on the uneducated, irrational US consumer population. Oh, it's much, much worse than this. And don't blame "uneducat

> Another large portion of the blame lies on the uneducated, irrational US consumer population. Oh, it's much, much worse than this. And don't blame "uneducated" or "irrational". These people know exactly what they are doing: trashing anybody who has the temerity to do even slightly better than them. "I'm miserable, so you should be, too" is the rule of the day to them. So many people cheer any and every anti-union effort in spite of the fact that the unions were the only thing holding the tide at bay. Gee, maybe the fact that the powers that be hate unions so bad should give you some hint as to what is effective at opposing them? It's only with AI finally threatening programming jobs that tech folks seem to be finding religion and discovering that everybody will cheer at their demise, too. Um, welcome to the reality of the steelworker and autoworker from the 1980s, folks. Sorry you had to join us. Now, can those of us who have been fighting this battle for four decades finally get some help?