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Unions don't owe their existence to labor laws. Rather, labor laws exist because once-illegal unions were formed in the teeth of violent suppression, and those unions demanded - and got - labor law. (pluralistic.net)

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[–] bad_news@lemmy.billiam.net 29 points 3 days ago (4 children)

The oligarchs don't realize the social democracy WAS the compromise. The alternative is general strikes and war in the streets, not "we just get to keep all the money and make you serfs again"

[–] droplet6585@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Curtis Yarvin, one of the main silicon valley "intellectuals" inspiring Peter Thiel does not seem to understand where the word parliament comes from. He criticizes the royalty of Europe for giving their subjects too much power.

It's like they think they're playing a video game.

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