JonKramer, CIS-HET @JonKramer@qoto.org

@fulelo objectively the least guilty of the 4, but still way too light a sentence.

@dannotdaniel @waitnwallflower@tooters.org

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I was going to just cut to the chase and add the eggplant, but the dragon was too cute.

@TurboKitty Even when the less worse candidate openly tells people "nothing will fundamentally change", this concept still flies over the heads of the voters

@greenhombre @pbump , I think this is what drives many human activities, even ones that are against your self interest.

I think the guy (gal?) was anti union. Best guess. Second guess he worked for Blizzard and was part of the Cosby rape room scandal.

@gratefuldread , arm yourselves. Move in groups. Film everything.

This is my advice for all minorities.

That was weird. I just got a notification "Enjoy this block". No explanation, just a block from someone I never heard of. I am not an airport, no need to announce your departure. I don't even know who you were. There is nothing to enjoy or despair over.

@KT@mastodon.ie @talia_christine , I don't get it.... I just don't think that way, I suspect. Learning moment for me... But I still don't understand. My 1st thought jumps to violation of contracts, having people available on site 24/7. And not paying to have on call status... THAT I can wrap my head around. My great greats were coal miners, and lived in a company town.

@talia_christine @KT@mastodon.ie , I don't get it... why sexual harassment? Is this akin to the Cosby room that Blizzard had???

@flexghost , I think I need a lawyer to translate her argument... to me it reads that "if trump committed crimes in another district, I should still be the one who sits as judgement"? That doesn't seem to make any sense at all...

@freemo @HeavenlyPossum @trinsec Same. It is getting circular, but good points all around.

But last words: YER RONG!!!

@freemo @HeavenlyPossum @trinsec those penalties are imposed by law. Once again, you are arguing against big government. And I agree with you, but the issues you raise are almost exclusively because of a lack of free markets. Or the existence of cronyism. Not any advantage of others working under the same system.

@HeavenlyPossum @freemo @trinsec , this argument is strong, and where it diverges from unions is that unions can't keep merging, because the labor market keeps changing. You get 40 years out of a person, tops, and then have to find new mergers, and you have to compete with other labor markets to make those mergers. Endlessly.

It just isn't a level playing field. Labor is easily replaced. It IS replaced.

@freemo @HeavenlyPossum @trinsec

"can force EMPLOYEES to join"

But you can work in a different industry, or work for yourself, or work for a competing firm. And your employer can chose to not sign an exclusive contract, or can choose to sign those exclusive contracts... At least in a free market. Most states limit the market. The problem isn't the unions or the companies in those cases, but cronyism,.

@freemo @HeavenlyPossum @trinsec Exactly, which is why I said "Although I doubt this is true, the numbers show it. "

The actual reason is that those nations are free market, and unions are a example or indicator of free market economics. No unions, not free markets. Free markets, you get unions.

@HeavenlyPossum @freemo @trinsec I thought about that, but couldn't figure out how to word it. I figured it was best to allude to it with my 'small companies are 50 people or so' comment.

@freemo @HeavenlyPossum @trinsec Unions can't stub out the competition. They don't have exclusive rights to schools, and most importantly, humans breeding. The competition will ALWAYS be there. All you need is a couple pornos and a six pack, and there is a stead trickle of new humans. In fact, to many of them.

@freemo @HeavenlyPossum @trinsec Why would I try to get a job at 1/2 the pay?