tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888314760091661875.post3618006147308565187..comments2023-11-03T03:52:37.873-05:00Comments on Cognitive Dissidence: Wholly MacroSomebody DO Something!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08717747685928127724noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888314760091661875.post-58083850788462793412013-01-12T09:43:11.795-06:002013-01-12T09:43:11.795-06:00The 'Unions are no longer necessary' argum...The 'Unions are no longer necessary' argument is an old conservative standard that I first encountered in the Chicago Tribune in 1963. I'm sure the argument dates back further than that, it's just that my previous reading had been confined to comic books. It's nice to see that the MJS publishes such forward-looking, original thinking. The next stories up will be: 'The Civil Rights act is unnecessary', 'Birth control will destroy society' and 'The link between cigarettes and lung cancer is unproven'. Who says time travel doesn't exist? Did you ever feel like you have woken up inside an episode of 'Mad Men'? Garethnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888314760091661875.post-79345591058004898012013-01-11T18:31:01.188-06:002013-01-11T18:31:01.188-06:00Unions are also used as scapegoats and distraction...Unions are also used as scapegoats and distractions these days in Wisconsin.<br /><br />Someone is blaming the lack of jobs on the recall, for example.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888314760091661875.post-18807611381173168462013-01-11T17:51:45.865-06:002013-01-11T17:51:45.865-06:00True that. And the decline of unions impacts more ...True that. And the decline of unions impacts more than the economy; it effects everything in the political ecosystem as JK Galbraith <a href="http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2010/06/10/countervailing_power/" rel="nofollow">explained</a> many moons ago. gnarlytrombonenoreply@blogger.com