re: #316 Sol Berdinowitz
To the point that the work “union” is now associated with “thugs” just like the word “welfare” is associated with “fraud”.
Part of it is our own fault for letting them hijack the dialogue, unions are supposed to be associated with workers’ rights, strong families and communities…what happened?
Someone with media savvy and piles of cash decided to build and push a particular narrative long enough to make it stick. That said narrative was profitable and drew plenty of allies willing to help spread it did not apparently hurt.
At the root of it is the fact that homo sapiens is not a logical creature. Logical thinking can be learned, but it is not the default mode.