Jimmy Hoffa

[Xolodno]

81. Can't view Hoffa in the lens of today.

If he complied to the norms of today, he would have failed every step of the way. Corporate heads were corrupt and inhuman, people fatalities on the factory floor, truck driving, etc. were nothing new. Just considered part of the "cost". So sending people to break up Unions and if they happened to kill a few people, well, that was part of the "cost" as well. Must remember, with the advent of electricity and night time light, there was less "sloth" to be had by the general populace in the corporate view.

So, he had to work with corrupt corporate heads, politicians and crime syndicates. Which meant he had to accept corrupt practices and work with them to get what he was trying to accomplish. Which means, he himself may have become corrupt to an extant...but nature of the business.

Hoffa's sin, he wasn't afraid to ditch a political party, crime syndicate, etc. if he was getting a raw deal. But he had people under him willing to sell their soul, which made them more attractive than dealing with a hard ass.

As for the decline of Unions today and since the 80's...that's a different story....and a long one.