You also cant leave out the betrayal of the left by the Democrats in the form of the Neoliberal turn in the 70's. It was the Volker shock under Carter that fatally crippled Labor, maybe if the Communists and Anarchists hadn't been purged in the Red Scare then the Labor movement might have had some radical leadership that could challenge that kind of economic attack, but as it stood Business Unionism cant handle that kind of Macroeconomic warfare.
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You also cant leave out the betrayal of the left by the Democrats in the form of the Neoliberal turn in the 70's. It was the Volker shock under Carter that fatally crippled Labor, maybe if the Communists and Anarchists hadn't been purged in the Red Scare then the Labor movement might have had some radical leadership that could challenge that kind of economic attack, but as it stood Business Unionism cant handle that kind of Macroeconomic warfare.