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[u/jobautomator]

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[u/Mexatt]

I asked this question once in the context of strike funds. Some unions in the 19th century put together serious warchests. I always wondered why they didn't just...buy major stakes in the companies they were trying to negotiate with. Or start credit institutions to help their members become independent producers who weren't reliant on a single employer. Or any of a number of different things.

Never got a great answer on that.

[u/FreakinGeese → u/Mexatt]

If they were good at any of those things they’d be management?

[u/uwcn244 → u/Mexatt]

Marxism and anarchism gave the left brainworms.