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Labor unions only accomplish two things, making sure the union shop is uncompetitive and making sure Democrats' campaign coffers are full. They don't give a shit about the workers and are happy to watch jobs get offshored or taken by illegal aliens just so long as the bosses get their 6-figure paychecks.
 
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majob said:
Why do niggers presume a lack of a union means a return to gilded age working conditions?
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It's part of the left's creation mythos. All good things came from the left. Workers rights? Good working conditions? Those ONLY came from the left, because the left is good, and thus before the left was not-good-EVIL, and without the left it's also not-good-EVIL. Thus the more unions the more gooder, and the more power given Unions (The Left), the more more gooder!

The idea that Unions came about because things were already getting better without a bunch of Jews and Marxists showing up to try and subvert everything is anathema to their worldview.
 
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gagabobo1997 said:
why destroy a historical site when modern surveillance tech means you don't need to put prisons on islands to prevent people from escaping? Just build a gulag in the middle of Alaska or something.
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It is the least consequential type of historical site. And I love historical sites.

Rip it down and build a new prison fortress on shark island. We could make it a tradition. Every 100 years a nee prison os built there. The next one will have laser fences, dude!! Sharks with lasers!!!
 
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It's part of the left's creation mythos. All good things came from the left. Workers rights? Good working conditions? Those ONLY came from the left, because the left is good, and thus before the left was not-good-EVIL, and without the left it's also not-good-EVIL. Thus the more unions the more gooder, and the more power given Unions (The Left), the more more gooder!

The idea that Unions came about because things were already getting better without a bunch of Jews and Marxists showing up to try and subvert everything is anathema to their worldview.
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Perhaps this is a cynical view but I think that Unions have to be treated carefully. (Now, this is not me claiming that the unions are not rotten. I don't doubt that they are. This is just a devil's advocate suggestion. I am sure that there are a lot of things that I do not understand about this issue so I am open to correction here.)

What we know, historically speaking is that Union bosses are weasels who will endorse any politician or party who offers them the best deal and the most gibs. So we know that winning their support is a trivial matter for politicians.
The next thing to consider is that unions are useful because they remove some moving parts from elections. Unionized workers are a voting bloc after all. The unions give blue collar workers some faux solidarity that, as a tendency, helps them vote in a bloc. When you have the unions in place, instead of having to win over a fragmented bloc of industry workers on a case by case basis (EG auto workers, steel workers, longshoremen) all you have to do is win a single bloc.
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Plus, the rank and file of the unions have at times been a stalwart voting bloc when issues of law and order and strong foreign policy come up. I understand where your objection comes from. Its never fair that some people get to eat free lunch and others don't. So it really is a question of principles versus expediency. If you start telling the truth about the Unions are you willing to let your enemies take this bloc forever?
 
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Cromwell said:
A lot of people don’t know this but Steve Bannon has been sitting on 12-15 hours of interview footage with Jeffrey Epstein for about 6 years now. I wonder why he couldn’t be bothered to release it…
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Probably talks about Trump. I don't think he did the weird pedo shit but I wouldn't be surprised if he knew Epstein was doing it and kept his mouth shut.
Dog-O-Tron 5000v5.0 said:
I hear they do that every June for their annual swinging retreat.
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Can confirm.
 
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It's part of the left's creation mythos. All good things came from the left. Workers rights? Good working conditions? Those ONLY came from the left, because the left is good, and thus before the left was not-good-EVIL, and without the left it's also not-good-EVIL. Thus the more unions the more gooder, and the more power given Unions (The Left), the more more gooder!

The idea that Unions came about because things were already getting better without a bunch of Jews and Marxists showing up to try and subvert everything is anathema to their worldview.
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Oddly enough, everyone who wasn’t a tenant farmer had some kind of status in medieval times. If you had any skill whatsoever beyond putting shit in the ground and waiting to eat it, you held your cards close and made people pay you.
 
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ThisIsGonnaBeGood said:
Oh, no. Please don't tariff one of the most evil corporations in the country, whose malfeasance and greed have led to dozens of deaths, including the assassination of multiple whistleblowers. Whatever you do, don't do that.
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>Airbus subject to tariffs.
Yes, for the ones built in the EU. However, there is a plant in Alabama cranking out A320 series aircraft. 737 operators in the EU will never let this happen.
 
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quaawaa said:
I like how the subtitle is “inside the living rooms of notable New Yorkers” when they’re all nobodies with the exception of the handful of people highlighted in the tweet.

There’s one actually notable New Yorker that they left out who actually has an impressive living room:
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that plant must be a bitch to take care of tho?
 
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After seeing this horrible trade deal UK agreed to with India, including tax free, literal replacement workers, I sure hope the US makes sure whatever India deal means we sent a cargo container of poos back for every container imported. When I saw how eager India was to make a zero tariff deal I had to believe there was some other catch, Peter Navarro better make sure they do not redeem.

(it's Applebee's manager but a concise rundown)

 
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ThisIsGonnaBeGood said:
Oh, no. Please don't tariff one of the most evil corporations in the country, whose malfeasance and greed have led to dozens of deaths, including the assassination of multiple whistleblowers. Whatever you do, don't do that.
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That's not the funny part. The funny part is them pretending that they haven't been doing this since they founded Airbus.
 
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