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		williamDafoe on Feb 10, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Thoughts on tech employment Unions only work in locations where capital is immobile and the labor to operate the capital is immobile. Tech labor is the most mobile on earth ...

meowtimemania on Feb 10, 2024 [–]

I'm dumb, why do unions only work where capital/labor is immobile?

thedevilslawyer on Feb 10, 2024 | [–]

Because the capital is immobile (can't move) from the labor. When it is mobile, it moves away from the union, to a place without union.

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