Any actual economist could rattle off a dozen reasons not to try

*picture not from Charlotte, but point still stands

I hope they loot your cul-de-sac

Can confirm.

The redistribution argument assumes that all those displaced workers could easily slide into those now-needed white collar administration level jobs or those robot maintenance jobs. Which, if that were true, why wouldn’t they do that already since those jobs would almost assuredly make more money, and everyone would…

The issue isn’t that progress should be stopped. It’s that as progress in technology continues, employers are using technology as a cudgel to scare people away from unionizing.

Demonizing something doesn’t make it bad. Creating a situation where standing up and preserving your own rights when it goes against the…

If you look at the history of unions in this country, what changed?

You are the union! This is like saying that your local governement shouldn’t have a monopoly on passing ordinances.

Fundamental difference between CEO and union president? I’m gonna go with one is elected by the workers. Also, no 7 figure salaries for union leaders. 7 or 8 figure salaries for CEO is more accurate.

The fundamental difference is that CEOs must, by definition, extract as much from their workers as possible by paying them as little as possible. That’s not a value judgment (necessarily), it’s just how that works. Union execs, in theory, do not adhere to that dynamic at all; they’re incentivized to be as valuable for…

You’re judging the whole concept of unions on the struggle of those that exist now in their near extinction, a shadow and fraction of what existed a generation ago. If you look at other countries who’s union membership never dipped below a critical mass of 30%, those unions function much differently in the economy and…

The working class has now had a decades-long experiment in declining union power. It’s not working. The evidence speaks for itself.

Good thing you’ll never get old, amirite?