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3. The Left-Right Political Spectrum is About Class Conflict

WHAT IS POLITICS?

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Are High Bargaining Power Workers Fair?

Is capitalism fair? Is it necessary? Is it the best way of organizing economic production? The right wing position will be that, yes, it is fair. And high bargaining power workers don't just get more of a share of the value that they produce, but they also get better working conditions. While very low bargaining power workers have to harm their bodies in pean dipers like at amazon warehouses or chicken processing plants and die from lack of health care. There are no laws in pure capitalism to prohibit a poor person or a black person, or a woman or a jew from becoming an owner or getting an education. People are choosing to be workers instead of owners because that's what they

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