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Etta T's avatar

And because two hours later I still find myself seething about the entitled class Spartacus Hamilton fucking Nolan, let me add one more observation. The only person who writes an essay like this is a white man. Show me a woman, much less a progressive woman, who writes this ignorant shit. No, they understand what happens when abortion rights are dead and gone. My god, show me a black woman who would write this pabulum.

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Bkyn mom's avatar

I feel ya though I think he just sounds very young...classism, sexism, racism..they are intertwined, but it takes a little more seasoning to fully see that. Class is easiest to focus on for many becuae it appears to be race and gender agnostic. But one of the possible (I am no acrivist just read some right to work arguments) reasons unions appeared to have died is because many (but not all) white men were convinced that they were just one promotion away from being management or being the owner. And they allowed themselves to believe if they just separated from the undeserving (ie " the Blacks, Women and long hair hippies comunists marixsts"), they too could be the next CEO power player. As Marco Rubio supposedly said "we are not a nation of have and have-nots, we are a nation of haves and soon to haves"...I can't imagine any Black woman no matter how Socialist/Marxist she may be falling for that bs line.

But he is writing a larger book so maybe he can better touch on those topics in long form!

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D. Kepler's avatar

The guy is in his forties and actually started a union in a former workplace.

Sounds seasoned to me.

As for why "unions appear to have died", I don't even know where to start with you. That you wrote that tells me you know effectively nothing about labor history, union history, and the political fights connected to unions and labor.

So, try knowing something before you write such empty nonsense.

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Bkyn mom's avatar

Bless your heart!

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