My statement is based on the fact that ALL LAW is based on the monopoly on the initiation and use of force in order to enforce said law.
Every law on the books is only backed by someone with a gun and a jail cell. We need to be more careful about what we decide rises to that level. What about free and voluntary association, and self ownership? On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 11:48 AM, Judah McAuley <ju...@wiredotter.com>wrote: > > No one said anything about force, dude. I was talking about the structure > of labor law. > > I do have some mad respect for the old Wobblies though. They were some hard > mofos. I don't think we need that now, I do think that things have evolved > to the point where union structure and power needs to be looked at. > > That's not what these laws are intended for, however. If you start with the > premise that unions are bad, you aren't going to do a good job of enacting > reforms that make unions better. That simple. If you want to start from the > premise that unions are a good thing but need to be reigned in and make > sure that they continue to be a force for good rather than evil, that's > another matter. > > I feel the same way about corporations. Corporations are fundamentally a > good thing. Left unchecked, however, the things that make them good can > morph into structures that are capable of a great deal of harm. Unions are > much the same. > > Judah > > > On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 8:40 AM, LRS Scout <lrssc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Yes those things can suck man, but is force really the way to fight it? > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:359046 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
