AR: “Well, half of you are fired, the other half keep working just as hard.”
<later>
AR: “What’s with the guillotine?”
Workers: “We’re acting in our rational self-interest.”
AR: “I see.”
AR: <to the fired workers> “They’re the reason you can’t get a job. If they didn’t form a UNION to keep you OUT, you’d be doing just fine! And I can’t fire THEM, thanks to the UNION.”
AR: <to the employed workers> “Well, I’d love to give you more time off, but I can’t, because those MOOCHERS over there are freeloading on the system, and I gotta pay outrageous taxes for their welfare because THEY DON’T WORK.”
Media: “Let’s talk to two experts in the labor field.”
Expert 1: “Oh, the problem is definitely abusive, bloated unions and exclusive contracts.”
Expert 2: “Oh, the problem is definitely freeloading welfare queens.”
Workers: <try to push each other into the guillotine>
AR: Flies away in her golden private jet, “MUHAHAHAHAHA!”
Of course, how this would actually work:
Workers: “What do we get?”
AR: “Well, half of you are fired, the other half keep working just as hard.”
<later>
AR: “What’s with the guillotine?”
Workers: “We’re acting in our rational self-interest.”
AR: “I see.”
AR: <to the fired workers> “They’re the reason you can’t get a job. If they didn’t form a UNION to keep you OUT, you’d be doing just fine! And I can’t fire THEM, thanks to the UNION.”
AR: <to the employed workers> “Well, I’d love to give you more time off, but I can’t, because those MOOCHERS over there are freeloading on the system, and I gotta pay outrageous taxes for their welfare because THEY DON’T WORK.”
Media: “Let’s talk to two experts in the labor field.”
Expert 1: “Oh, the problem is definitely abusive, bloated unions and exclusive contracts.”
Expert 2: “Oh, the problem is definitely freeloading welfare queens.”
Workers: <try to push each other into the guillotine>
AR: Flies away in her golden private jet, “MUHAHAHAHAHA!”