Does the decline of unions necessarily mean the decline of liberalism in general?
Michael Lind is sometimes good, sometimes "eehh" and sometimes very good.
In answering "no" to the question above, he's very good.
He reminds us that unionism isn't the only strain of liberalism from the past and that unions have opposed some social democracy initiatives before, like national healthcare. (Also, unions in the past had race issues at times, and lets not forget all those "Reagan Democrats.")
That said, the "why" of union decline, and the push to actively accelerate it, aren't good news for liberalism in general, though.
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