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Elaine Bernard Pt4: A successful labor movement socializes their gains - or they weaken themselves

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[lordblazer]

depressed economy? France has a more stable economy. Though they are more willing to put up with higher unemployment which isn't very helpful to them, but its a decent place to live. America gets miserable if you are caught in a recession. Also Germany and many other countries also have some socialist instituitions with health care. I dunno but socialism and communism belong to two different schools. And you sound like an idiot by using them synonymously. The cold war is over dumbass.

[bikenik]

kmg501, you should check your bias against unionism at the door. There can be growth in a particular union over time while at the same time a general decline overall in the union movement. An example would be the growth of federal government employees while at the same time a rise in the number of non-union employers and thus non-union jobs across America. Get it?

[Huboons]

@lordblazer "socialism doesn't really hurt" You are the king of not paying attention.

[lordblazer]

@marcin25xxx

This is how people think? America is doomed because of people who lack imagination or better yet can never see the bigger picture. Union or not that company was probably going to move to China regardless. the fact that it never paid out the wage increase means it intended to move regardless of the union demand. But you fail to see a trend of low wages in the US, and you don't see the rising cost of living. you can speak from an individual perspective, but cannot see the picture.

[lordblazer]

@SanguineBullet667

Another key point as to why the EU is having problems has a lot to do with rapid privatization, neo-liberal policies, and central banking policies. Essentially the banks control the EU. This is why a lot of people in Europe normally speak out against the EU. As it undermines the very thing it claims to promote. Anyway its problems has nothing to do with having a social democratic economy. It has everything to do with their monetary policy.

[lordblazer]

@Huboons

Look socialism is not communism. The fact that I live in America which has a mixed economy shows that a little bit of socialism doesn't really hurt. If it did then people would even leave America. Is Social Security really ruining the country? I doubt it. Stop this ideological bullshit. The fact that republicans have now made it possible for people to also be uneducated and proud of it, and spout off mis-information like you have done.do you even know what system the US uses vs. OECD

[lordblazer]

@SanguineBullet667

no, the EU's economy is shitty because of their central banking system, and the fact that a lot of the banks there owe our banks a lot of money. It has nothing to do with who gets what benefits especially in a country like Germany where social benefits make up a small percentage of the economy.

[Huboons]

@lordblazer "socialism and communism belong to two different schools" They belong to the same collectivist morality. Both seek to use government as a weapon to steal the productive efforts of the producers to buy votes from the takers. The cold war is hardly over when imbeciles like yourself espouse the economic theories that led to the fall of a super power.

[hotrod4you2]

KILL UNIONS

[SanguineBullet667]

@lordblazer FYI, might want to stop watching TYT. And for the record, I am an avid traveler too so there, we have something in common. Working in China is great for entrepreneurs.

[SanguineBullet667]

@lordblazer Then you should know Germany controls virtually all money throughout Europe. The entirety of continental Europe is failing because of excess social democratic (aka neo-socialist) spending, spending, and more spending. Greece was the canary in the mine, the rest are soon to follow - and it's showing.