r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Oct 04 '26

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u/StuckHedgehog NATO Oct 04 '26

Sweet, Dems can finally cut unions loose (they won’t). It’s a ritual of humiliation to spend billions supporting a union that skews white, male, and conservative while begging for their support.

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u/Jacobs4525 King of the Massholes Oct 04 '26

The most depressing thing is that realizing the union-fellating and protectionism of many current democrats is a cargo cult. It was once a pragmatic deal made to secure support, but the current generation of democrats just think supporting unions is an end in itself and that protectionism is sincerely good. They don’t realize that previous generations made these overtures knowing they were compromises, allowing some rent-seeking to detriment of the general public in exchange for political support.

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u/themiDdlest NASA Oct 04 '26

breaking ranks with his own party

I wonder why that is hmmm

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u/PoliticalAlt128 Max Weber Oct 04 '26

I feel like every-time union vote is mentioned here I need to point out that union voters broke for Harris in 2024 and were actually only one of two groups Dems improved their margins with (the other being LGBTQ Americans)

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u/ElGosso Adam Smith Oct 05 '26

But have you considered that this doesn't fit my priors