Talk:Command economy
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[edit] Woe betide those who form a labor union!
The British unions did fairly well for themselves with no State assistance, and much State hindrance; there was no minimum wage in the U.K. until 1998.
ListenerXTalkerX 06:47, 23 November 2010 (UTC)
- And American unionizers were murdered by Pinkerton thugs. ħuman
07:32, 23 November 2010 (UTC)
- The U.S. is not the only country in the world. It is not even the only country to have practiced that level of market regulation. Were yellow-dog contracts even known outside the U.S.?
ListenerXTalkerX 07:43, 23 November 2010 (UTC)
- I know it's not (who made the "more than this" userbox? You? No, me.) But in the US union organizers and strikers were murdered by government and corp. supported thugs. Do you deny this for some reason? WTF do you mean by "market regulation"? PS, keep in mind I wrote a version of this article after I killed the redirect, but was ECd and let your version stand (you wouldn't know that). With some minor editing. ħuman
08:00, 23 November 2010 (UTC)
- I do not deny it, but I do not blame the free market for it; I blame government corruption. Unions were persecuted all over the place around that time, free market or no.
ListenerXTalkerX 04:26, 24 November 2010 (UTC)
- Sorry, unions were persecuted by the beneficiaries of the "free market" that never existed, ever, in the world. So be gentle as you fondle your economic idealisms into that dark night, as I will also. ħuman
06:18, 24 November 2010 (UTC)
- Sorry, unions were persecuted by the beneficiaries of the "free market" that never existed, ever, in the world. So be gentle as you fondle your economic idealisms into that dark night, as I will also. ħuman
- I do not deny it, but I do not blame the free market for it; I blame government corruption. Unions were persecuted all over the place around that time, free market or no.
- I know it's not (who made the "more than this" userbox? You? No, me.) But in the US union organizers and strikers were murdered by government and corp. supported thugs. Do you deny this for some reason? WTF do you mean by "market regulation"? PS, keep in mind I wrote a version of this article after I killed the redirect, but was ECd and let your version stand (you wouldn't know that). With some minor editing. ħuman
- The U.S. is not the only country in the world. It is not even the only country to have practiced that level of market regulation. Were yellow-dog contracts even known outside the U.S.?
[edit] Removal of epigraph
What exactly is the objection to the epigraph, that it must be removed or pushed down the page?
ListenerXTalkerX 03:11, 20 December 2010 (UTC)