• HerrBeter@lemmy.world
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    4 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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      4 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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        4 months ago

        Dude, there has not been an instance in the modern day of businesses literally “hiring muscle to break strikes.”

        If you genuinely believe that businesses can hire people to use physical force against strikers, then you’re simply not paying attention to the world around you.

        Unfortunately, the latter case is true for most people on these sites.

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          4 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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            4 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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      4 months ago

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