every time I see someone complain about unions I think about how unions were the consensus alternative to the previous system of burning the factory owner alive inside his house

Clearly unions were a bad idea, then.

Guillotines are bad but fear of guillotines among elites is healthy and good.

Sigh. Ok, if we have to.

To be fair, back then they didn't have a panopticon box in every person's pocket/purse.

How many times did that actually happen?

They really juat don't teach labor history here at all. Nothing about armed standoff between Union members and armed "security," nothing about the beatings, and certainly nothing that might give anyone ideas on how to deal with rich assholes who think they're above consequences. 🤷‍♂️

My wife works at a hospital and let me tell you... her union rep seems blissfully unaware that the history of his position in those negotiations consists of, "Listen up fuckstick. You negotiate in good faith or you'll be happy you're already in a hospital."

Or having mini civil wars.

Yes. Also, can we understand that some taxes are GAT Guillotine Avoidance Tax

The Homestead Strike happened just 3 years after the Johnstown Flood, and it targeted the companies of owners involved in the flood. After the flood, none of the wealthy industrialists were held accountable. The two events may not have been explicitly linked, but people remember injustice.