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<blockquote data-quote="JimJimmyJames" data-source="post: 481664" data-attributes="member: 11425"><p>American consumer demand (by our artificially-created ersatz "middle class"), fueled by a living standard created by capitalism but with an egalitarian distribution of wealth demanded by unionism created the opportunity for foreign nations (many with authoritarian social structures comprised of "have" and "have-nots") to prey on our working classes through the use of cheap labor and unsafe and environmentally unsound work practices. How were these foreign powers able to do this? They did it in collusion with our own goverment and our own corporations.</p><p> </p><p>This was working out for America while we still had living wage jobs to sustain our purchases. It happened over such a long period of time it was barely perceptible at first. Than the factories started to close down. Blue collar jobs were eliminated. We were told, "get retrained". Computers were the future! Than they started shipping the "tech" jobs overseas too. It was a great ride. But now we see what it has done to us economically. But if the American consumer is really not that important anymore, why is the world economy in the tank? If all those Americans, with good wages, healthcare benefits, pensions, safe and ecologically sound work environments are not needed anymore, why the current world economic malaise? </p><p> </p><p>The problem is that, as we are seeing now, the fantasy is crashing down around us. Where people had real wealth before in order to purchase items, now they have credit. And now that the artificial housing bubble has burst (the elites one last shot at creating wealth that we all now know was a ficition), the credit is gone too. To blame unionism, in essence to blame a society that places value in the idea of a "fair day's pay for a fair day's work", for our current predicament is entirely missplaced. It is the fact that we have abandoned the ideals of unionism that have us were we are today.</p><p> </p><p>To argue differently reminds me of George W. Bush's warning of falling for "protectionism and isolationalism". Ok, but since we haven't practiced neither in the past 60 odd years, how are these two ideals to be blamed for all that ails us? It is like blaming unionism, when hardly anybody anymore is in fact in a union.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JimJimmyJames, post: 481664, member: 11425"] American consumer demand (by our artificially-created ersatz "middle class"), fueled by a living standard created by capitalism but with an egalitarian distribution of wealth demanded by unionism created the opportunity for foreign nations (many with authoritarian social structures comprised of "have" and "have-nots") to prey on our working classes through the use of cheap labor and unsafe and environmentally unsound work practices. How were these foreign powers able to do this? They did it in collusion with our own goverment and our own corporations. This was working out for America while we still had living wage jobs to sustain our purchases. It happened over such a long period of time it was barely perceptible at first. Than the factories started to close down. Blue collar jobs were eliminated. We were told, "get retrained". Computers were the future! Than they started shipping the "tech" jobs overseas too. It was a great ride. But now we see what it has done to us economically. But if the American consumer is really not that important anymore, why is the world economy in the tank? If all those Americans, with good wages, healthcare benefits, pensions, safe and ecologically sound work environments are not needed anymore, why the current world economic malaise? The problem is that, as we are seeing now, the fantasy is crashing down around us. Where people had real wealth before in order to purchase items, now they have credit. And now that the artificial housing bubble has burst (the elites one last shot at creating wealth that we all now know was a ficition), the credit is gone too. To blame unionism, in essence to blame a society that places value in the idea of a "fair day's pay for a fair day's work", for our current predicament is entirely missplaced. It is the fact that we have abandoned the ideals of unionism that have us were we are today. To argue differently reminds me of George W. Bush's warning of falling for "protectionism and isolationalism". Ok, but since we haven't practiced neither in the past 60 odd years, how are these two ideals to be blamed for all that ails us? It is like blaming unionism, when hardly anybody anymore is in fact in a union. [/QUOTE]
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