If we don't want a small group of people to hold the economy hostage to enrich themselves, then we should be looking at corporations and the ultra-wealthy.
I am always shocked by the mental model that despises labor power but is okay with the bug in our socioeconomic system where ultra wealthy people and corporations are allowed to wield such unelected power. Humans are strange.
It's perhaps not as shocking if one reflects upon the negative experiences individuals have with each.
I have personally experienced multiple negative experiences in my personal and professional lives directly related to labor unions, but Jeff Bezos has had nearly zero identifiable impact on my life. Possible exception: a Jeff Bezos donation is paying for a nearby shelter for homeless families.
I'm not necessarily opposed to collective bargaining, but I can give you a litany of crap I've had to deal with over the years because of unions, itemized with i's dotted and t's crossed, and I simply cannot do the same for the supposedly awful wealth inequality I live with every day.
Temporarily embarrassed aristocrats, in this case.
"Temporarily embarrassed millionaire" refers to working-class people who oppose progressive liberal policies because they think they might have some future windfall that puts them in the capitalist class.
