[antonvs]

You can say the same thing about democratic governments, or capitalism, etc. etc.

By itself that's not a meaningful observation.

[nothrabannosir]

It didn’t come by itself, it came in the wake of a comment that outlined a process whereby unions have a negative effect on new applicants in the job market.

The disagreement then was “I’ve heard that argument before.” - “ok that doesn’t make it wrong” <— that last sentence is what you’re replying to.