[jdross]

And yet here we are today in Silicon Valley with lavish perks, much higher than average pay in the country for software development, and no unions.

We also have the ability to fire untalented or unpleasant people, and promote especially talented individuals regardless of age or tenure.

You don't need to work at any company that looks like the above. And I don't know of any company that looks like the above.

[Apocryphon]

I'm sure there was an assembly line in '70s Detroit with this same conversation.

[paxy]

What's your argument here? Every assembly line worker in 70s Detroit was unionized.

[Apocryphon]

The "here we are today, look how good we have it" narrative is complacent and dangerous. Eventually you will be disrupted.

[altstar]

And the point is unions didn't help to counter it.

[Apocryphon]

Why make the assumption that unions of the future need to be identical to the unions of the past? Do self-driving cars need to resemble classic hot rods?