SEIU Delenda Est(astralcodexten.com)

15 pointsby paulpauperقبل 4 أشهر5 comments

https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/seiu-delenda-est

6 comments

jrflowersقبل 4 أشهر

I like that the author does not mince words about how this union of 2 million people must be destroyed and is ontologically evil and has never targeted California’s tech industry and has only ever lost ballot measures and they did so on purpose because the SEIU is largely responsible for a ballot measure, in California, that passed, that allowed Uber and Lyft etc. drivers to unionize, who are employees of tech companies.

If you simply ignore public well-documented contrary evidence he has a good point. I’m trying to picture the research/writing/editing process here

cowthulhuقبل 4 أشهر

One comment I found interesting basically argued that if the billionaires are so scared of over the top wealth taxes, they should be pushing/lobbying for more reasonable wealth taxes as a blocking play, otherwise they can’t really complain if the really disruptive versions get passed.

burnt-resistorقبل 4 أشهر

Pro-billionaire propaganda. Not a reputable source.

cowthulhuقبل 4 أشهر

I don’t think that’s a fair take - his argument is primarily that the ballot measure is fundamentally flawed, and likely put forward in bad faith by a group who’s CEO literally admits to using bad faith/destructive ballot measures to force concessions from counterparties.

pwdisswordfishyقبل 4 أشهر

> This could be an existential threat to the Silicon Valley model of building startups that are worth billions on paper before their founders see any cash.

And what about the downsides?

adampunkقبل 4 أشهر