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by kazinator 3072 days ago
> and instead collectively bargained with the company?

Because they are not a collective; only one of them gets Amazon HQ2.

Let's project this to actual "collective bargaining" in labour. If you and 19 other people were negotiating in such a way that only one of you gets a raise and improved working conditions, and the remaining nineteen others get fired, would you still engage in "collective bargaining"?