XPost: uk.politics.misc, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh   
   From: abaddon@purgatory.org.invalid   
      
   It was written by Yitzhak Isaac Goldstein:   
      
   > Joe  wrote:   
   >> On Fri, 5 Oct 2018 13:42:39 -0400 Obadiah Brookfield   
   >>  wrote:   
   >>>  > Well, has it?   
   >>> No, because socialism (a classless society based on worker's   
   >>> democratic control of the industries) has never been tried before.   
   >   
   >> It was offered to some UK industries, until it became obvious that what   
   >> we were actually getting was trades union leaders' control of them.   
   >>   
   >> See the new boss...   
   >   
   > It always amuses me to see people slag off 'the unions', because unless   
   > you're very, _very_ wealthy, or the boss of a successful company, then   
   > the only reason you're not working 364 days a year and earning 50 p an   
   > hour is because of the fucking unions.   
      
   Well said!   
   Union bashing has become an upper-class neo-liberal sport these days.   
   Forget the socio-economic facts!   
      
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