A successful rail strike would have emboldened the working class
And other jokes I tell myself to beat back the existential dread…
Seriously tho, it would have shutdown a shit ton of manufacturing for a while, and that would cause prices to skyrocket AGAIN. And do you really think the majority of Americans are smart enough to see that its workers fighting for their rights? No. They are going to bitch and moan and blame Biden anyway. Meanwhile I’d probably be out of a job as we barely survived the shortages from covid and another this soon would put us out of business. Think beyond your own goals, appreciate that what you feel is the right thing, could end with many losing their jobs. That is a burden that many cannot weather. Was it the ideal solution? No. But there is no such thing beyond fantasy. Besides, Brandon got them the stuff they wanted in the end anyway.
I’m not a Marxist (or a communist at all, for that matter), but if anyone needs the perfect example of the lumpenproletariat participating in their own oppression by believing the lies of their oppressors, this is it.
Also no. Biden didn’t get them shit. He appointed better people than himself on the advice of better people than himself. Only thing he did personally was use his influence to take away their right to strike.
Okay, question. The rail companies are rolling in dough, obviously, and the strikers would be paid by the union during the strike, but what about those of us whose jobs depend on the delivery of products and materials by rail? Like I said, a strike would have shuttered our business and put a bunch of folks out of work. Big corporations can weather the strike, us small and medium businesses cannot. So, more power ends up in the hands of the owner class, and we all have slightly less to go around. How’s that the progressive dream? Nah, learn to see past your own nose. Things are never as simple as people present them on places like this. Nothing in life is black and white. 'Cept cows and dalmatians.
I work for a small business, last one in our industry in our area that isn’t a large conglomerate, which is good enough to be concerned for my livelihood. Who is gonna pay mine and my co-workers bills when we are all out of a job? Where’s our support? Where’s our salvation? I mean you guys are happy to say, “sucks you guys are losing your jobs, but now rail workers get paid vacation, soooo eat shit.” Not fair, dude.
what about those of us whose jobs depend on the delivery of products and materials by rail?
Would have been much better off not just in the long run but more or less immediately. There’s thousands of minor derailments every year and every expert is saying that it’s only a matter of time before a major one happens again. All because the companies make it impossible for their workers to do the job properly with their short term profits obsessed thinking destroying the bodies and psyches of the people and causing faster deterioration of the materiel they’re unable to properly maintain.
a strike would have shuttered our business and put a bunch of people out of work
You’re doing the same thing the rail corporations do. The continuation of the awful conditions is going to cost hundreds if not thousands of lives and many times more jobs than a strike would.
more power ends up in the hands of the owner class, and we all have slightly less to go around
Is what happens by the letting them continuing to get away with their extremely abusive and irresponsible practices. Could you be any more myopic??
learn to see past your own nose
Take your own advice, you arrogant idiot.
Things are never as simple as people present them on places like this
Especially not when those people are as simple-minded and shortsighted as you.
And other jokes I tell myself to beat back the existential dread…
Seriously tho, it would have shutdown a shit ton of manufacturing for a while, and that would cause prices to skyrocket AGAIN. And do you really think the majority of Americans are smart enough to see that its workers fighting for their rights? No. They are going to bitch and moan and blame Biden anyway. Meanwhile I’d probably be out of a job as we barely survived the shortages from covid and another this soon would put us out of business. Think beyond your own goals, appreciate that what you feel is the right thing, could end with many losing their jobs. That is a burden that many cannot weather. Was it the ideal solution? No. But there is no such thing beyond fantasy. Besides, Brandon got them the stuff they wanted in the end anyway.
I’m not a Marxist (or a communist at all, for that matter), but if anyone needs the perfect example of the lumpenproletariat participating in their own oppression by believing the lies of their oppressors, this is it.
Also no. Biden didn’t get them shit. He appointed better people than himself on the advice of better people than himself. Only thing he did personally was use his influence to take away their right to strike.
How do you take yourself seriously.
Why do you take yourself seriously?
Because I learn from labor movements of the past and how to apply what worked for them to our current situation.
Okay, and? Congrats on reading your history books.
Says the guy who didn’t learn from history what happens when workers lose their right to strike…
Okay, question. The rail companies are rolling in dough, obviously, and the strikers would be paid by the union during the strike, but what about those of us whose jobs depend on the delivery of products and materials by rail? Like I said, a strike would have shuttered our business and put a bunch of folks out of work. Big corporations can weather the strike, us small and medium businesses cannot. So, more power ends up in the hands of the owner class, and we all have slightly less to go around. How’s that the progressive dream? Nah, learn to see past your own nose. Things are never as simple as people present them on places like this. Nothing in life is black and white. 'Cept cows and dalmatians.
You a business owner?
I work for a small business, last one in our industry in our area that isn’t a large conglomerate, which is good enough to be concerned for my livelihood. Who is gonna pay mine and my co-workers bills when we are all out of a job? Where’s our support? Where’s our salvation? I mean you guys are happy to say, “sucks you guys are losing your jobs, but now rail workers get paid vacation, soooo eat shit.” Not fair, dude.
Would have been much better off not just in the long run but more or less immediately. There’s thousands of minor derailments every year and every expert is saying that it’s only a matter of time before a major one happens again. All because the companies make it impossible for their workers to do the job properly with their short term profits obsessed thinking destroying the bodies and psyches of the people and causing faster deterioration of the materiel they’re unable to properly maintain.
You’re doing the same thing the rail corporations do. The continuation of the awful conditions is going to cost hundreds if not thousands of lives and many times more jobs than a strike would.
Is what happens by the letting them continuing to get away with their extremely abusive and irresponsible practices. Could you be any more myopic??
Take your own advice, you arrogant idiot.
Especially not when those people are as simple-minded and shortsighted as you.