• bighi@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    There’s a Chinese proverb that goes like this: “The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.”

    We can’t go back in time to plant the union tree. But we can do it TODAY. Doing it late is better than never doing it at all.

    • SJ_Zero@lemmy.fbxl.net
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      Planting a tree isn’t going to war (and unionizing is in a sense mobilizing for a war). Both you and the seed want the tree to grow. If you go to war and the time is not right, then you will be wiped out and history will be written by the victors.