I don't think the US created these laws just to be nice to people.
Corporations were literally hiring private armies and killing people. So the people voted for laws. Maybe they seem antiquated now, but they did have a reason for being.
And, if there is a class system, like if you are born rich, you get to be rich, if you are born poor you get to stay poor. Then it seems natural to start to dislike each other. How can you fault people born into poverty for disliking the people creating a system to keep them there?
I came to the US with $700 in debt. But I didn’t stay poor.
>Then it seems natural to start to dislike each other.
It may be natural, but it seems extremely counterproductive.
I’d like to see some numbers for how many people are getting slaughtered in the streets by these roving private armies that have the keys to the city.
And as for the class system, have a look at social mobility now versus 100 years ago vs 1000 years ago vs 10k years ago. Progress remains to be made, but society has never been more fluid and fair.
And, social mobility has gone down, the American Dream is gone for a lot of people. Is it still better than being a feudal serf? sure, but don't worship what it has become?
Social Mobility:
Can go find all the sources here. But these are nice summaries.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socioeconomic_mobility_in_the_....
Deaths
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_worker_deaths_in_Unite...
Note:
I've worked in union and non-union plants. I can tell you, non-union is no paradise, they have worse safety conditions and worse attitudes and lower pay.
Definitely in non-union plants the workers are just meat.
All the libertarians with their ideals about small government and 'individual rights' are just playing into the corporate desires. Because the more people can be separated into 'individuals', then they can be picked off one by one. You're driving into a dystopian hell scape with eyes wide open.
Government is by the people, for the people, which in todays world is treated like 'socialism'.
I agree that free markets plus free unionization can lead to great results (look at Sweden - no labour laws and strong unions and high wages).
But this hankering for a catastrophically flawed social system (built-in hate for other classes?!) that depends on changing human nature and thus never works is even cringier than Ayn Rand-quoting teenagers who want no government at all.