tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post5015133116921632951..comments2024-03-28T08:06:43.198-04:00Comments on The Silicon Graybeard: The Bloody History of Organized Labor - A RepostSiGraybeardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-61590576563410964202017-09-05T06:04:47.640-04:002017-09-05T06:04:47.640-04:00In what world is it acceptable to threaten killing...<i>In what world is it acceptable to threaten killing someone and their family, and not expect any negative consequences for it?</i><br /><br />In the world of politics, where everything government does is backed up by the threat of their employees murdering you. You accept this, which means you find it acceptable. "Accepting" and "finding it acceptable" are two grammars for the same single decision. You believe having your healthcare options systematically removed is not worth fighting. Actual fighting, with rifles, like the overweight and smokers in Britain should be doing today but aren't. You believe automobile license tag tracking by distributed semi-smart car cameras is not worth fighting. But there aren't a lot of log step increases in control remaining between the present and dekulakization.<br /><br /><i>I sure wish I had solutions, but I don't.</i><br /><br />The solution is simple, just stop accepting it; you're too numerous to digest. Like the German Jews, will you wait to stop accepting it until you know your effort will not succeed? Is not succeeding the goal? I speculate that it is most frequent for human beings to have genetically-programmed political instincts which never allow them an emotional gut-check comfort with fighting <i>and winning</i> against the legitimate government. Humans also have genetic firmware support for racism, sexism, xenophobia, etc. These urges can be weakened by intellectually learned behavior. Anyone who wants to survive the upcoming healthcare rationing will need to intellectually learn to not act on their urge to obey the government.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-39058932521428014332017-09-04T22:08:42.640-04:002017-09-04T22:08:42.640-04:00I agree that unions have caused lots of problems, ...<i>I agree that unions have caused lots of problems, however if you go back 100 to 150 years ago there were legitimate reasons for them to form (and substantial violence on the part of the employers).</i> Sure, but the point is that it's not like that any longer and there's really very little chance of work going back to the way it was in the 1880s. Companies compete with each other for talent by offering benefits and other perks that unions used to negotiate for. For example, two weeks vacation is a pretty common benefit, so some high tech companies offer three weeks to attract talent. Companies have learned that they can't beat people into working for them; they have to offer a good environment to work in. <br /><br />After a lifetime in industry, I understand that companies rarely every buy anything without serious negotiations over price and unions are just trying to negotiate the price of labor. I get that. In everything else they negotiate for, companies can work to get a lower price by qualifying a new supplier, getting a competing supplier, or something else. The harder the unions are to negotiate with, the more likely companies will find a way around them. When a part gets too expensive to put in your product, you design it out. When labor gets too expensive, there are ways around that, too. <br />SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-56521179266871154982017-09-04T21:42:04.999-04:002017-09-04T21:42:04.999-04:00I agree that unions have caused lots of problems, ...I agree that unions have caused lots of problems, however if you go back 100 to 150 years ago there were legitimate reasons for them to form (and substantial violence on the part of the employers). Most unions haven't adjusted to the changes that have made them mostly irrelevant and they need to change their focus from political activities to actually seeing to the needs of their workers. Until they do, they will continue to decline. Jonathan Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10476185257203343474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-7890703341790258062017-09-04T15:26:21.037-04:002017-09-04T15:26:21.037-04:00Seemed to fit, but I'll freely admit to bias h...Seemed to fit, but I'll freely admit to bias here. It's also tagged Union Thugs, and those go together in my mind. <br />SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-6321039511235383192017-09-04T14:41:54.694-04:002017-09-04T14:41:54.694-04:00Huh. I like that you're filing this under bags...Huh. I like that you're filing this under bags-o'-scum.chipmunkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01341260129072773457noreply@blogger.com