NYC Transit Strike
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- adamfinger0
tkmesiter,
you just rattled off a list of cliches. "Life isn't fair," "we just have to have the edge to survive," "it's just what it is."
None of those statements make any sense. We live in a cut-throat environment because that's what an ownership class would like--one in which we are at their mercy and one where we have to play by their rules.
We constantly serve THEIR needs, not ours. Why? With what sense that make? Unions aren't "old school." They weren't rendered obsolete, they were forced out by a system that would rather have us compete for jobs than have us work together for higher wages and a better living standard. And in the process, they've convinced us (with a lot of help from designers actually), that an improved life comes from buying more stuff.
Should someone's cut-throat attitude permit them to obtain better healthcare than someone else? Better education for their children? Better retirement?--a retirement for that matter?
With what purpose does it serve to work so many hours? So that we can produce more stuff, open up more markets, and make fewer and fewer people richer off our labor.