Yeah dude, they claim to be "left wing", but... As we were discussing elsewhere the other day, the modern "left" doesn't really stand for anything, anymore.
But these aren't "those" sort of lefties. They're not fighting for pronouns, or gender quotas, or tranny rights. No, these are the "wake their enemies up in the middle of the night, take them outside and shoot them" type lefties. They're a hireable mob. Quite literally thugs, hence the kicking of the dog...
And look, I ain't disparaging "the union movement" as a whole, in this country. They've done a lot of good. More good than bad, I would say. But the CFMEU, in its current form, is irretrievably fucked, and this just proves it.
I will say that the Union movement here is quite different to how it is PERCEIVED, at least, in the States. The situations are not the same. But you know all those stereotypes about unions in the US, and how they're largely useless and self-interested? I can't confirm or deny the veracity of that, for your country, but... If there is an Australian equivalent, in Current Year, it's probably this mob... :-/ They're real fucking bad. And I'm glad that at least SOME of their members seem to have finally (!!) woken up to that fact.
On my last sentence: pity it took until now, though, or perhaps we would not be in this situation, by now, at least in the Labor states...
I guess that is, partially at least, an example of cowardice: these people didn't stand up until the authoritarian state threatened their own self-interests. Not that I'm not pleased that they ARE finally standing up, and "on my side", but it is rather telling that it took until this point, for it to happen...
Niemoller is absolutely always relevant, in cases like this.
Yeah dude, they claim to be "left wing", but... As we were discussing elsewhere the other day, the modern "left" doesn't really stand for anything, anymore.
But these aren't "those" sort of lefties. They're not fighting for pronouns, or gender quotas, or tranny rights. No, these are the "wake their enemies up in the middle of the night, take them outside and shoot them" type lefties. They're a hireable mob. Quite literally thugs, hence the kicking of the dog...
And look, I ain't disparaging "the union movement" as a whole, in this country. They've done a lot of good. More good than bad, I would say. But the CFMEU, in its current form, is irretrievably fucked, and this just proves it.
I will say that the Union movement here is quite different to how it is PERCEIVED, at least, in the States. The situations are not the same. But you know all those stereotypes about unions in the US, and how they're largely useless and self-interested? I can't confirm or deny the veracity of that, for your country, but... If there is an Australian equivalent, in Current Year, it's probably this mob... :-/ They're real fucking bad. And I'm glad that at least SOME of their members seem to have finally (!!) woken up to that fact.
On my last sentence: pity it took until now, though, or perhaps we would not be in this situation, by now, at least in the Labor states...
I guess that is, partially at least, an example of cowardice: these people didn't stand up until the authoritarian state threatened their own self-interests. Not that I'm not pleased that they ARE finally standing up, and "on my side", but it is rather telling that it took until this point, for it to happen...
Niemoller is absolutely always relevant, in cases like this.