Originally Posted by
NiftyNiblick
Actually, trade unionists always tended to favor protectionism, Owl. I was an executive board member of my Local and a union rep in my office after we organized the accountants and other office workers.
But there have always been economic Uncle Toms--working class people who were fee payers--they had to pay dues because they weren't in a right-to-work (Red) state, but they were against their own union for whatever unfathomable reason and would not actually sign up as members.
I was never a bully or thug in my life, but these people called me a "union thug" because I boxed professionally while in college and looked the part with my broken nose, scar-tissued eyelids, and arthritic hands.
These economic Uncle Toms were totally typical of today's Trumpanzees. Racist. Xenophobic. Addled with religious superstitions. Totally ignorant of economics. Certainly not prolific readers. And convincing themselves that they were middle class, not working class, even though they lived off paychecks, not business profits and investment income. Never mind that they lived middle class lifestyles because of their union benefits.
I live in a place where they're in a minority and can't swing elections. Middle America, unfortunately, is different. You're from St. Louis where they consider Clair McCaskill to be a Democrat, even though she gets votes from the same people who voted for Roy Blunt. Now you're in Michigan and you see what's happening there.
America may be going down.
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