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Quote by: Simonius  If you do not allow them to strike then you
ultimately do not allow them to defend their rights as
workers, and if the Government and the law are unwilling
or unable to defend their rights (which will inevitably happen
at some point) then their rights will not be defended
and those rights will not exist.
Logically people should never strike, because in a properly run
society there should never be a legitimate reason to strike. |
True, and if all people felt in control of their own labor, we wouldn't even need strikes. There are simple principles in my argument, and you can look them up of course.
However, I disagree with the premise that "rights will not exist" where government and law" are "unwilling or unable" to defend them. Rights exist wherever they are perceived, regardless of formal social structure. In fact, to think rights can only be enforced by law is a fundamental attack on the idea. If we depended on legal initiative -- that is, the initiative of bureaucratic policymakers -- for all our rights, we'd essentially be human cattle, all penned up with no freedom to move around independently.
However, the view that rights and virtually everything else must be formally regulated is widespread. Looking through Google Groups just now, I found the following quote which sums it up nicely: "The only reason...solar energy is not being used on a widespread basis is that nobody's come up with a way to run
a sunbeam through a meter yet." Of course, that's only true if solar energy technology remains in elite hands.
Grandpa h.