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geekhack Community => Off Topic => Topic started by: fohat.digs on Thu, 03 October 2024, 10:22:36
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In general I am in favor of unions, they are really the only way that actual workers can "get a seat at the table" where decisions are made.
As a rule, Capitalism only works properly with the "3-legged stool" of Labor, Capital, and Government (ie regulation). Our system became corrupted when Capital bought off Government and crippled Labor's ability to participate in decisions.
But that is not what this topic is about, although I know full well that TP4 will want to immediately turd-post all over it.
This post concerns the fact that a major demand from the striking dock workers today is that automation not happen around them.
What an utterly Quixotic notion! That makes no more sense than imagining that prices and interest rates will come down significantly in the future.
That is not a Labor vs Capital dispute, in this instance, it is a Fantasy vs Reality dispute.