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If you speak about small capital capitalists, yes.

Unionised train drivers, at least in France, were in a logic of lets do as much damage as possible and force them to submit.
Their reasons were hanging tight to privileges.
They were used to act from a very ideologic point of view that might be familiar to yourself :)

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by ValentinD (walentijn arobase free spot frança) on Tue Nov 18th, 2008 at 06:49:51 PM EST
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So in what way are you and me similar but French train drivers and big capital capitalists not?

Methinks you again used a common right-wing phrase without thinking and can't get out of it.

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.

by DoDo on Tue Nov 18th, 2008 at 07:01:34 PM EST
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Not at all :)

French train drivers and big capitalists share something called privilege. As said above. Sigh.

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by ValentinD (walentijn arobase free spot frança) on Tue Nov 18th, 2008 at 08:14:43 PM EST
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is higher pay a "privilege" ?

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by linca (antonin POINT lucas AROBASE gmail.com) on Tue Nov 18th, 2008 at 07:03:01 PM EST
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Somehow I suspect there aren't many coffee shops which have been put out of business by over-aggressive train drivers.
by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Tue Nov 18th, 2008 at 07:07:29 PM EST
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Neither by over-greedy big capitalists, if you want.

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by ValentinD (walentijn arobase free spot frança) on Tue Nov 18th, 2008 at 08:57:51 PM EST
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Ah now... I can't generalise for other countries but in the UK this is exactly what happens. A Tesco opens on a high street and we lose the family run locally owned greengrocers because their custom has been taken away.

A starbucks opens and the local coffee shop closes, because the custom has been taken away.  By great big fat multinational chains.

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Wed Nov 19th, 2008 at 03:40:04 AM EST
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That's a sensitive issue in France as well.
Small businesses and "artisanal" shops were protected and multinational chains spreading restricted inside cities.
With the result that there are still fewer and fewer traditional shops and more and more cheap, arab or chinese run shops. (not that anyone has anything against them, just that people's run for cheaper and cheaper stuff will just not be suppressed)

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by ValentinD (walentijn arobase free spot frança) on Wed Nov 19th, 2008 at 05:32:40 PM EST
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