re: #423 LudwigVanQuixote

I think this is well said.

Being anti-union simply mean that we shifted our manufacture to the developing world where we could exploit that labor instead. The people at the top got wealthy and the rest of the economy got built on a house of cards. Of course, that in my opinion is secondary to the moral damage done by exploiting people or the real environmental damage done by manufacturing elsewhere, where those pesky treehuggers had no influence.

This is one case where doing what was right in the short term was more profitable in the long run. However, we should care about doing what is right first. There is a reason why greed is counted a deadly sin. It actually is deadly.

One could also argue the unions did it to themselves, by imposing demands on business owners that their business models would not support. It’s a classic example of a Union screwing everybody over by making a business move elsewhere.

Two ways to look at the same issue ;)

That’s a very simplistic way to put my view, but I don’t really have the time to get into a serious conversation about it. I really shouldn’t be on LGF, I’m trying to study, and I keep getting dragged back by my curiosity of what’s being talked about… grrrr.