nailed it. the left abandons their "principles" as soon as they became the institutional power themselves. almost like they never cared about the average blue collar worker in the first place and just wanted power. same way the bolsheviks promoted unions in other countries like germany and england, but as soon as they took power in russia, required all unions to either submit to the party's authority, or be abolished.  they only see unions as a lever to overthrow capitalism, same as free speech and other liberal ideals like civil rights. all are done away with the second they take power. ultimately the only principle they care about is acquisition and maintenance of power by any means necessary.
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