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plyth@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

Let’s use technology to benefit workers," Sanders said.

That’s Socialist thinking in a Capitalist country. He doesn’t own the means of production to change the schedules. In a Capitalist country you need the market power to negotiate for it.

So call for unionizing because the opportunity is there.

He doesn’t, so it is a distraction.

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Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Who said he doesn’t call for Unionization?

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- plyth@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Where does he do?
  
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  - Tja@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Constantly, everywhere?
    
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    plyth@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    
    it is time for the party to embrace what he has long been arguing for and make backing unions a core part of their pitch to voters. They must decide, Sanders said, whether to “become a party which stands for the working class of this country” or to “remain a corporately controlled party beholden to [their] wealthy campaign contributors and to the corporate media as well
    
    Seems that you are right.
    
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