Comment by WalterBright

> Yet again you are lost in ideology

I could say the same about your arguments. Labor unions simply did not affect a high enough percentage of the population to attribute American prosperity to them.

> without those there would still be slavery

Slavery was abolished due to the Union Army, not unions. I've never heard any mention of labor unions being part of the abolishonist movement.

> legalised child labour

The abolition of child labor was not the result of labor unions.

> 16h workdays

Were only made possible by productivity improvements brought about by free markets.

> It's comically myopic

What's funny is all these learned academics who overlook the glaringly obvious and consistent correlation of free markets with prosperity, and keep coming up with other reasons for prosperity that aren't consistent at all.