In just the last few days, Israel, Kuwait, and Bulgaria have all dissolved their governments. Is this portending something coming? Something that cannot be stopped?
I don't know. It just seems weird that three country's governments would be collapsing so close to each other in time.
Israeli government dissolves parliament and calls fifth election in three years
Kuwait crown prince dissolves parliament, calls for early election
It is a marker that negotiations are not going well.
In a less hectic time, Parliaments under consensus can basically do whatever the hell they want, no matter what the People desire.
Protests are completely fake in Parliamentary government. If a Parliament retires or dissolves, it's not because there is an uproar from the people but because the pockets of the MP (Members of Parliament) were not sufficiently greased.
Unions holding a Company hostage during a Worker's Strike is exactly the same as a Parliamentary Procedure. It's simply just a more pompous hostage negotiation, and it is why Unions and the U.S. have never been fully compatible, because they are hallmarks of Parliamentary thinking and have no place in a Representative Congress.
I'm rambling now, but I need to clarify that you are correct.
When workers go on strike, they typically have a good reason to do so. When the company hires scabs, it too has a reason to do so. A well-established company, however, will never undergo a strike and never have to resort to scabbing.
That the negotiations had to happen to begin with, let alone terms be redrawn at the drafting table, means that these Parliaments cannot agree on how to divvy up the loot from the citizenry. If they are that strapped for cash, when they have authoritative power to do anything they please, then it means they aren't sitting happy.
It's bad for them because otherwise they'd just be happily chugging along, looting everything from the coffers of the suckers -- erm, I mean, citizenry.
In other words, Union/Company negotiations always end with the Unions getting more power, Companies getting more power, and the Worker getting rammed in the ass with either more regulations, less pay or more hours. It was never about the worker, it's always about "getting yours."
Thank you for the additional insights. Very much appreciated u/sleepydude 👈🏻