it sounds to me like he's talking about cabal in the sense of a group of people that essentially gain an unjustified stranglehold on a particular market... Through unionizing.

But honestly I don't see the connection to co ops there. Unions basically exist as a negotiating tactic between owners and workers... If you're dealing with a co ops where the workers collectively own the business why would they need to unionize???

Democrat + anti-union = Hitler

No ****, but not mixed enough. IDK if there even is an economy that isn't mixed to some extent.

I think I'm just arguing from a personal grievance. In almost any instance, I see a highly selective elitist group (which is what I meant by cabal) as hand-selecting who gets in and who doesn't. In a co-op, the employees vote, but as I recall that isn't on who is hired (maybe I'm wrong but that wouldn't add up). To that end, the game still gets rigged in favor of the graft.

After years of working in the non-profit sector, I think I'm just wildly bitter to the group-think that exists in certain industries.

Re: technocratic utopia



It's couched in humor and a bit of hyperbole but Tim pretty much sums up my attitude towards the future

So instead of just getting 1984 or Snow Crash, we're getting the worst of both worlds. Greatttttt.

Pessimism is just as dumb as optimism. Betweenism. Or mediocrism.

Relentless paranoia is the only true path to victory

Is your attitude toward the future humorless?

:P