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[-] davel@lemmy.ml 14 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

2000, 2008, 2023: The boom-bust cycle is a constituent feature of capitalism.

Tech workers, the best time to unionize was 15 years ago; the second-best time is now.

[-] FirstCircle@lemmy.ml 8 points 11 months ago

second-best time is now

Which is why big companies (incl. big tech) are going all-out to remove the practical ability, or even the legal ability, to do so. ex: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/10/starbucks-trader-joes-spacex-challenge-labor-board

[-] davel@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 months ago

Worse still, organizations that we thought were our allies are now showing their true colors: Why Is the ACLU Waging Class Warfare?

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 3 points 11 months ago

Incidentally, this cycle was originally identified by Marx and Engels, and it's been consistent since then.

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