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Police unions are a special kind of thuggish killer-protection union, I would not lump them in with the rest of public sector unions.
by frandroid 11y ago
Police unions are a special kind of thuggish killer-protection union, I would not lump them in with the rest of public sector unions.
- saosebastiao 11y agoI would, even if other public sector unions don't result in a physical war on the public. All public sector unions have the same imbalance of power as police unions: they have the power to withhold vital public services, the very reason we accept the problems with government as an institution, and they do it for personal gain. If a Kellogs plant goes on strike, I can still buy cereal from Post. If a transit union goes on strike, 10% of the city can't get to work. Unions are a collusion power that we accept as a counterbalance to the collusion power that businesses have over us. Why would we ever give government the power to collude against us?
- frandroid 11y agoYeah, but if a unionized bus driver runs you over, their union is not going to come out and say bullshit like "he threw himself under the bus" or "drivers should be allowed to drive over threatening pedestrians". There's a difference between public sector unions going on a legal strike (or even a wildcat strike!) and police /breaking the law to the point of killing people that had no business getting killed by cops, and getting supported in doing so/.
- rayiner 11y agoE.g. teachers' unions are subject to the same basic dynamic. The only difference is that the fallout from protecting bad teachers is usually not fatal.