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    Advances were made and sustained principally through labor organization, not government regulations.

    Much of the manipulation in the presentation from PU is based on constructing a false dichotomy between social structure occurring through either private business versus central government.

    A common tactic is to bait an antagonist into attacking private business, but then shifting from a defense of business to a criticism of government. It is often repeated by proponents of marketism, and often involves insertion into the discussion, often as a straw man, the Democratic Party or the Soviet Union.

    Such proponents often respond poorly to suggestions about cooperative organization, or to reminders over the natural tendency of business to seek increasing protection from the state.