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Any time a whiff of union talk for tech workers comes up, the industry recoils in abject horror driven by many years of anti-union propaganda ("unions = evil" or "how DARE you well paid, lazy programmers ask for even more"). Especially here in HN given its hyper-capitalist slant. I think it's a bit disingenuous to put all of the blame on tech workers

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Is the argument here that capital should have been more supportive and nurturing? Imagine if the OG labor movement had been such hothouse flowers.

No, the argument is that we are on a forum run by and for venture capital, so criticizing labor for not being activist enough is out of step with where we are.

> Any time a whiff of union talk for tech workers comes up, the industry recoils in abject horror driven by many years of anti-union propaganda ("unions = evil" or "how DARE you well paid, lazy programmers ask for even more").

I mean, we definitely could. They'd be seriously fucked if we did. It's a wonder it hasn't happened yet

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