The ideological problem with unions is the insanity of consorting with communists and the entire idiocy of "world labor unity." And the realpolitik problem of unions is the infiltration of the mob. Unions need to operate like corporations who's product is the services of the union members and whose shareholders are the members. The labor is just another input to making something, and the labor needs to leverage itself by collective bargaining.
I'm not anti-union. But I see where they became self-defeating.
There's a good reason for the hats - antibiotics hadn't been invented yet. A cold that developed into pneumonia could kill you. It got to be customary. Also, in the days before indoor plumbing became widespread, the night chamber pot would often be tossed out a window. Yuch!
The rise of the proletariat....there once was a need for unions, like in the days when truck drivers put lit cigarettes between their fingers so that when they burned down to the skin it would wake them up after driving for 16 hours and keep them from falling asleep at the wheel.....but management would never abuse laborers like that today..../s
The ideological problem with unions is the insanity of consorting with communists and the entire idiocy of "world labor unity." And the realpolitik problem of unions is the infiltration of the mob. Unions need to operate like corporations who's product is the services of the union members and whose shareholders are the members. The labor is just another input to making something, and the labor needs to leverage itself by collective bargaining.
ReplyDeleteI'm not anti-union. But I see where they became self-defeating.
There's a good reason for the hats - antibiotics hadn't been invented yet. A cold that developed into pneumonia could kill you. It got to be customary.
ReplyDeleteAlso, in the days before indoor plumbing became widespread, the night chamber pot would often be tossed out a window. Yuch!
The rise of the proletariat....there once was a need for unions, like in the days when truck drivers put lit cigarettes between their fingers so that when they burned down to the skin it would wake them up after driving for 16 hours and keep them from falling asleep at the wheel.....but management would never abuse laborers like that today..../s
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