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[–] bleistift2@feddit.de 351 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Hey guys, listen up. The scraps Amazon is giving me are insufficient to make ends meet. UNIONS ARE THE PROBLEM!

[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 149 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Jesus, when you put it like that, even if Darla isn't a robot or a paid astroturfer, she's still making the case for unions.

[–] xantoxis@lemmy.world 43 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Yeah the argument itself is so transparently dumb that no legitimate person would hold it; and I think the dunk tweet is pointing out that in addition to having no good argument, Amazon thinks we're too stupid to notice the astroturf.

There are people who genuinely believe this, sadly. I've encountered them here where I live in South Dakota where we're propagandized against unions from a very young age. These are people who would easily fall for obvious astroturfing like Darla above. It's one reason I think basic tech and media literacy are so important.

Yeah, imagine being paid so poorly that union dues are a hardship. Maybe you could use a union there, pals.