@anildash @ingrid @molly0xfff they always told me solidarity could be difficult

@anildash @molly0xfff Jotted down some thoughts about this whole “collective bargaining machines” fooferaw: https://ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/collective/

Thanks so much for highlighting that, and for tagging me in on this.

@beep That bicycle / swimming pool analogy was just 🤌

@leeourand Aw, thank you! I confess I was a little proud of that one 🙈

Thank you so much for reading!

@beep @anildash @molly0xfff reminds me of the period of about a year or so when a few leftists beclowned themselves by insisting that DAOs were going to be this important new tool for enacting leftist policies in various avenues of society, without really spelling out how exactly, probably bc in practice it'd shake out to absurdities like "imagine being in a union where the more money you had the more votes you got".

@jplebreton @beep @anildash there was also "yield guild games", which described itself as a "crypto-native version of a workers' union" but mostly just rents out game NFTs via "scholarships" to people who can't afford to purchase them outright (see https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fbloc.2022.965604/full)

@molly0xfff oh *lord*

@beep @molly0xfff Oh Lord indeed.

@molly0xfff @beep @anildash [watching the galley rowing scene from ben hur] if you think about it, this is a type of union

@molly0xfff @jplebreton @beep @anildash So that's a long article and I'm sure @molly0xfff is better than me at quickly spotting the self serving BS but I don't really need to read beyond "the P2E aspect of the game requires a constant inflow of new money" do I?

@soaproot it's more that the "scholarship" model that became popular with axie infinity and other P2E games is often exploitative

@beep @anildash @molly0xfff love your hypothetical! Something tells me he won’t be taking up the idea and, shocker, doesn’t actually support unions or collective bargaining

@dgodon a surprising take, but i respect it!!

@dgodon In all seriousness, totally agreed! But then again, the post isn’t really for *him* 😅

(And thank you so much for reading, Demian!)

@beep On a related, but more serious topic, you and others who enjoyed your book might be interested in the upcoming book "The Hammer" (https://www.harvard.com/book/the_hammer/). Really great interview and discussion with author by @drvolts on his podcast: https://www.volts.wtf/p/the-current-state-of-unions-in-america

@dgodon Oh, thank you very much! I have a copy of Hamilton’s book winging its way to me right now, as it happens — can’t wait to read it. I’m a big fan of his work.

And I’d missed that interview; excited to check it out, thank you!

@anildash @ingrid @molly0xfff @beep I mean, obviously unions and collective bargaining are good things ... *If* some billionaires find a way to wedge themselves into the middle and take a slice of every deal.