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Amazon and SpaceX are quietly trying to demolish national labor law — American workers could lose workplace protections that they’ve had for almost a century in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] GivingEuropeASpook@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Captured implies that the State didn't already function as a tool of capital

Amazon and SpaceX are quietly trying to demolish national labor law — American workers could lose workplace protections that they’ve had for almost a century in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] GivingEuropeASpook@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Yes, although the US pulled itself back enough with some of FDR's reforms that it kicked the can down the road a few generations, whereas the Weimar Republic actually collapsed.

Amazon and SpaceX are quietly trying to demolish national labor law — American workers could lose workplace protections that they’ve had for almost a century in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] GivingEuropeASpook@lemm.ee 77 points 9 months ago (6 children)

They're banking on the 6-3 conservative majority being willing to use their power.

When organized labor is crushed, what comes next is never pretty (see: 1930s Germany).

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Child safety bills are reshaping the internet for everyone (www.theverge.com)
 

Lawmakers across the country (United States) are trying to protect kids by age-gating parts of the internet.