on money (in the abstract)

[alice wellintown]

>
> and this clarifies the distinction you're making, too.  The internals
> of a successful union do provide for such fostering of talent, among
> other things.  Wall Street is more like a corrupt union -- I hate to
> keep bringing up Hoffa's Teamsters, but just as Hoffa made alliances
> with the mob, seemingly Wall Street threw in with the de-regulators
> that ate the Republican Party and this misalliance will perhaps prove
> their downfall as well...

The introduction of new technology has brought with it an ideology
that has undermined most of the skill fostering and salary scheduling
that labor once provided. Robots don't buy cars, Mr. Ford.   So we'll
sell them to China.