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I would call it Capitalism without opposition from the Left.
It's Soviet Union in miniature.
And this is why a strong opposition is important. It makes oppression much more difficult.
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(Probably) The first aerial bombardment on US soil was when private planes dropped homemade bombs on striking coal workers at Blair Mountain in 1921. The US has a looong and brutal history of breaking up labor movements.
Growing up I always heard it was in Southern Illinois (where I grew up), as documented here: http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/history/q0118.shtml > A far better documented incident occurred in southern Illinois in Williamson County in November 1926. "Bloody Williamson" had already garnered national notoriety during the 1920s as the site of labor unrest among coal mine unions, one of the bloodiest Ku Klux Klan war…
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(Probably) The first aerial bombardment on US soil was when private planes dropped homemade bombs on striking coal workers at Blair Mountain in 1921. The US has a looong and brutal history of breaking up labor movements.
How do you think May Day was celebrated? The Haymarket Affair [1] which occurred in 1886 [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haymarket_affair
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> Here's a really short video of what used to be a "company town" in Appalachia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBCxG_SCnQE That's a great video.
That video "has been taken down by the uploader", according to YouTube. Got another link?
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It's a distinction with a difference. And no, I could not make the same argument about Planet Money, since that show is produced by NPR. If you say "American public radio", do you also include Democracy Now? Do you include shows produced by other local stations, including the ones that do not get distributed? NPR is not the totality of "American public radio". Understanding the structure of public broadcasting in the…
Not taking money from the people you’re covering is the barest minimum of journalistic ethics. Regardless, of whether you or I agree with anything else on that site, Adam Davidson, or whoever else, failing to meet that basic standard should be patently disqualifying. The fact that he was the host of a flagship, economic reporting show, even more so. There are many other reasons I find it hard to take NPR’s claims of…
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> Yes, Bezos does not want an amazon union and won't just let it happen without a fight. Same as always. Which is, if I recalled correctly, illegal.
>Which is, if I recalled correctly, illegal. Entirely legal in a "Right to work" state.
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It’s not unrelated, when talking about pay and working conditions it’s all relative to the rest of the economy and sits in that context, pointing out other parts of that context is perfectly relevant (though it obviously can’t paint a complete picture). We should of course be mindful of whataboutism when discussing these things but I think it’s a good idea to consider the economic and social context when talking abou…
The discussion is about Amazon hiring Pinkerton operatives to spy on employees suspected of organizing even when they are off work. This was an interview with the journalist who broke the story as a continuation. [1] Deflecting criticism with "some workers have even more upsetting conditions than these" doesn't help either party, moreover it actually shuts down an important discussion relevant to both. We shouldn't t…
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> the people who are forced to work in Amazon's warehouses Who is being forced?
You’re mixing the general and the specific. Specifically yes, you don’t have to work for Amazon, but in general yes you are in fact forced to work or die in a capitalist system. In some situations Amazon may be the only viable employer.
registered an account just to inform you what an utter crap of a statement you've made there. since i've bothered thus far, i made it a point to review more of your presence here. the conclusion i've come to is you are quite the twat. in a most general sense - a cunt of the dunning-kruger variety.