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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
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IIRC, he comes off as a Granola Girl type who's way too friendly with antivax and autism quackery sorts.
Many artists skew liberal, except for country.
It is a shame that they're basically the only 'conservative' genre. I'm a conservative and dislike most country music.
I mean, of course, this is just a general trend of overlapping sub-cultures rather than a hard rule.
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In the case of Aerosmith wanting Trump to not use his music, I'm sure it's not political in nature at all. I'm just saying that, outside of maybe country, most artists skew somewhat liberal.
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What are Right to Work laws, and why are conservative politicians for them and someone like Bernie Sanders against? You'd think that giving people the right to employment is something the Left (such as it is in America) is more likely to do.
Also, if I want to know about the US (and California and Los Angeles in particular), what is a good way to know?
It's not like I have an official percentage, but I highly doubt the above claim, especially given how many rock groups have leaned toward libertarianism.
If we're talking about artists in general (novelists, essayists, painters, violinists, etc.), yeah, that's an even more nebulous claim to make.
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"Right to Work Laws" are laws which allow people to work without joining unions. Leftists believe this'll cause a 'free rider' problem where people benefit from unions without having to play by their rules.
Conservatives argue that people shouldn't necessarily have to join unions or play by their rules in order to work.
edited 11th Oct '15 9:37:57 PM by Protagonist506
Leviticus 19:34Right to work laws basically undermines the power and influence of employee unions, makes them harder to form, and in general contributes to making situations worse for employees since it curbs their ability to use their force of numbers against a company's force of money.
And it's well documented that states that are "right to work" generally have a lower minimum wage/average income than union states. Right to work just sounds nice; no one can pass a law that sounds like it's hurting you.
That too. Basically it sounds nice but actually leaves employees at the mercy of an employer's whims.
edited 11th Oct '15 9:40:18 PM by AceofSpades
