Roots of West Virginia’s Anti-Capitalistic Mentality
14th April 2008
This sort of folk mythology is, I suspect, behind the otherwise inexplicable pro-unionism of otherwise intelligent people, such as the author Eric Flint.
Any system is capable of exploitation, and a system that allows considerable freedom allows considerable room for exploitation, depending on the personal morality of the people involved.
Unfortunately, pro-union regressives are very quick to jump on the exploitation that occurred in the system they don’t like, and very slow to jump on the exploitation that occurs in the system they do.