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one of the most important lessons I learned in my time with the union was that all decisions, and I do mean all, come down to a single calculus: can you make those with power believe it is more expensive to say no to you, than to say yes?

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this is an uncomfortable lens through which to view the world, and when you examine the imbalance of capital, it can seem impossibly daunting. which is why you must continually get creative in how you apply pressure

all of which is to say; every sniveling centrist coward who hides behind "you're being too militant" betrayal their standing. they show that they are aligned with the levers of Power. and so we must monkeywrench their whole world until they learn. until they learn