• Patapon Enjoyer@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    You mean the time where militant unions literally picked up arms to guarantee their rights? Sure let’s see where this thought goes

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      9 months ago

      I don’t think it would end well for workers, but I could be wrong. The powers against Unions have such a long stretch of influence

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        9 months ago

        it comes to cracking heads because the owners always hire muscle to break strikes… they believe they can hide behind protection, they always do…

        and now they’re all drooling over what AI can do to help them control workers even better

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            9 months ago

            It was done in the past with Pinkertons in the past, why would you expect it to be any different today? Instead of hiring muscle, they just use the already there, and already established police to break up strikes and protests.

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              9 months ago

              Yeah. There was also slavery in the past.

              Why should I expect it to be any different now? It’s not like anything changes, ever. Lol.

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                9 months ago

                It does change, and we should fight for more changes. This is just sadly one thing that hasn’t yet.

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        9 months ago

        That’s more via media manipulation and propagandizing than a statement about the power of an armed Proletariat.