[–] [deleted] 0 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago 

[Deleted]

0
0

[–] pcdude ago 

They did before the government got involved. Before the government the thugs were either privately hired or they locked you out of markets by denying you acceptance to guild endorsement. People will naturally go for guild endorsed devices because it eliminates a lot of the risk that what you get is inferior.

0
2

[–] 9-11 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

OP is talking about the licensing part, not unions.

  • Doctors
  • Engineers
  • Lawyers
  • Morticians
  • Electricians

Which one do you think an imposter should be able to impersonate?

0
0

[–] Scald85 ago 

Lawyers, for obvious and logical reasons. :)

Seriously, the professionalization of law is the actual beginning of the progressive era, well before Teddy Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson etc.

0
0

[–] Jimbonez_Jonez ago 

Mortician?

0
4

[–] bb22 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago 

Definitely lawyers. They used to be banned in parts of colonial America.

0
3

[–] captainstrange 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

Without the state, unions would have no teeth

Without the state the unions would just hire thugs to kick in your teeth.

Every group of people eventually becomes a gang.

Licensing 'unions' are to control the supply of some service or product, and so keep prices high--they are a natural response to governments importing spics and streetshitters to artificially manipulate prices lower.

[–] [deleted] ago 

[Deleted]

0
3

[–] Hand_of_Node 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

It's like people have forgotten that unions beat and kill people who vote the wrong way, or threaten their power to extract money from workers.

0
9

[–] truthwoke33 0 points 9 points (+9|-0) ago 

The ESRB is a great example. Back when Doom and Mortal Kombat were making headlines, a bunch of people in the industry got together to form an independent ratings system to avoid government oversight. Outside of small release independent titles, it's essentially impossible to to actually sell a game without an ESRB rating which requires you pay a fee to receive one.

And thank God they did it. Could you imagine, given the modern social climate, the nightmare that games development would be if the government were involved in regulations of content? I shudder to wonder.