The Russian Federation is a mere shadow of its former imperial self. Just ask the Poles, Czechs and Hungarians. Putin has to content himself with bullying a few formal vassal states and the sort of election mischief many countries attempt. If Europe (with a few noble exceptions) ever gets around to displaying a bit more backbone, Russia would be even less influential.
I think the primary threat of the 21st century is China.
All that is saying is that every firm was a worker co-op with all decisions reached by the workers of the firm, unions wouldn't be necessary. It is all rather utopian, since that is very far from the case (so hence unions).Ultimately, democratic socialists want workers to control the means of production. In the meantime, they see unions as a way to give workers more power under capitalism.
If the question is whether or not democratic socialists in general support public sector unions? The answer is: yes, they support them.
Trees don't grow on money
The kind of damage Putin is doing doesn't take a lot of resources. Our elections are eminently hackable and social media bots can change public opinion. And then there is our power grid ...Recommended reading: Malcolm Nance's The Plot to Hack America.
And now, Putin--with Trump's eager help--is angling to sell nuclear power plants to Saudi Arabia, which has no need of energy. Can nuclear weapons be far behind?
I would predicate that conclusion on the available evidence. Despite some of Trump’s circle getting squeezed on unrelated or process crimes the Special Prosecutor has not yet produced anything that strikes me as conclusive.
Did Russia try to influence the election by spreading lies? I don’t doubt that they, and many other parties did. Is that collusion? I don’t know if it is, absent proof. I don’t believe, for instance, that David Duke’s endorsement of Tulsi Gabbard means she colluded with the KKK.
Have any of you listened to Pete Buttigieg's interviews? I ignored them for awhile, since he was "just" the mayor of South Bend, IN. He is openly gay, and has been mayor for 8 years. He came out during his term, and still voted in again.
This guy sounds really good. He's only something like 37, but sounds VERY reasonable.
To this point I made earlier, here's a news piece that echoes it well (BTW, the news reporter is my cousin)
https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local...rCGm6sSgdqEVbw
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