Take climate change. Just because we advanced because of our previous attitudes about carbon doesn't mean it's a good idea to continue doing so in the same regard.
For instance, railroads were given huge land grants.
I'm convinced they would care if it affected those with higher education from wealthy families (i.e. those that become engineers and managers) more, but it doesn't, they are well protected.
we have a whole host of workers' rights in the US because people were fighting for workers' rights in the US, some of whom were injured or killed.
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I consider the IT world, that i was part of, the most free experience in my life. No state was involved, contracts were enforced, people just got along. Plain level field. No one even thought of unionizing.
Just now it peaks around the corner again. Rules, bureaucracy, everything that slows you down to make your own thing. Can i do this, can i do that? Other people decide about what i do in my life.
Would you say the same thing about OSHA? Sometimes having additional safeguards in place are a good thing.
There's some examples from the labor movement in the U.S. that fit this sort of self-organizing regulation, although I don't know much on the subject.
Eventually, many of the privileges became federally codified rights under the Occupational Safety & Health Act signed by Nixon.
