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Jonathan D. Cope, Esq. | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @9554baeb I worked heavily representing businesses for over thirty years. Capitalism, as it's currently defined and employed, should be thought of as a cancer and unions thought of as killer T-Cells.
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Mat Wright | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @3bd57d4d @9554baeb and the unions infected with capitalism, so the T cells get compromised
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Jonathan D. Cope, Esq. | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @ef47d0cb @9554baeb You're absolutely right. I've thought about that. But unions do a lot of good. I'd rather have a tainted union rather than no union at all.
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Mat Wright | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @3bd57d4d @9554baeb with you on that, but fuck it's a fight
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Jonathan D. Cope, Esq. | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @ef47d0cb @9554baeb I know shareholder capitalism is ubiquitous. The unions talk in capitalistic terms, think in capitalistic terms. There is a different mindset  that unions can use, and it's not totally alien to them. It's called labor capitalism, as opposed to shareholder capitalism.