• zed_proclaimer [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    7 months ago

    they all know when they want unions to go away they have to hire pinkertons and employ cops to beat their skulls in. Suddenly they know their imagination isn’t good enough and they have to take violent action to protect their interests.

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      7 months ago

      Yeah, but they don’t have to go out in the streets and protest for Pinkertons and cops to be called. They just think it and it happens and the status quo is maintained.

      Calling the cops or hiring union busters is essentially magical thinking because it pretends to solve some problem with no real political action, it exists as a free side effect of the current system. You can literally dial 3 numbers and have just about anyone locked up if you’re a rich white person.