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0 pointslaweijfmvo3y ago0 comments

It's not the railroad workers' fault that half of Americans can't afford food and basic necessities.

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You're not wrong, but policy is often not crafted on just the concept of fairness, but also other considerations like the stability of society.

lotsofpulp3y ago

No, it is crafted on the stability of asset prices to benefit asset owners. If stability of society was the goal, then workers in the US would have a minimum wage tied to CPI, and minimum PTO, etc.

The way events seem to unfold is that asset owners get to take societal stability to the brink to maximize profits, and then non asset owners are the ones forced to blink to prevent societal instability. Aka privatize the profits, socialize the losses.

bumby3y ago

I tend to agree. It's unfortunate, but some of the primary ways we use to measure stability and health is strictly economics, both societally and individually.

laweijfmvoOP3y ago

Maybe (In the US) we need society to fail a little bit. "Christmas to be canceled," as the President likes to say when justifying why the railworkers will have to accept not having sick days.

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bumby3y ago

You're not wrong, but policy is often not crafted on just the concept of fairness, but also other considerations like the stability of society.

lotsofpulp3y ago

No, it is crafted on the stability of asset prices to benefit asset owners. If stability of society was the goal, then workers in the US would have a minimum wage tied to CPI, and minimum PTO, etc.

bumby3y ago

I tend to agree. It's unfortunate, but some of the primary ways we use to measure stability and health is strictly economics, both societally and individually.

laweijfmvoOP3y ago

Maybe (In the US) we need society to fail a little bit. "Christmas to be canceled," as the President likes to say when justifying why the railworkers will have to accept not having sick days.

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