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Re:Secessio plebis on Saturday May 09, 2020 @08:07PM (#23129255)
Yeah dude, murder is bad. But Reagan didn't murder the air traffic controllers he fired them, which is hardly "vicious".

As for the coal wars, a lot of those altercations weren't exactly result of union workers simply not showing up to work.

Re:Secessio plebis on Saturday May 09, 2020 @04:30PM (#23128057)
Right, the strike mentioned by the post above mine was illegal. But additionally striking is ultimately a negotiation tactic. Scheduled legal strikes are like demonstrations in which workers make a show of their bargaining power to the employer, but prolonged strikes which cause massive losses of revenue for the business are a scorched earth negotiation tactic and those engaging it should expect a proportionate response.
Re:Secessio plebis on Saturday May 09, 2020 @01:33PM (#23126634)
Striking by government employees was made illegal with good reason. If you're willing to strike you must be willing to do so under the real risk of being fired. It's a scorched earth tactic entirely equivalent to your employer withholding your pay without you having broken the contract.
Re:For cops who kill, special Supreme Court protection on Saturday May 09, 2020 @12:34AM (#23122351)
"serves capital" capital is a conscious entity here?
Re:The problem with third-party delivery platforms on Saturday May 02, 2020 @04:58PM (#23054850)
Convenience of delivery is a big point of improvement though, which the restaurants never used to compete on before. It's become commonplace to complain about the middle-men like Uber and seamless now, but before they came around the analog services that existed (taxis and restaurant delivery) were so much worse.
Re:The weird, get-rich-quick world of dropshipping on Saturday May 02, 2020 @12:12PM (#23052611)
There's value in advertisement. No more behaviorist mumbo-jumbo for you, the mind creates desires, external circumstances do not.