A problem with this, as Laclau points out, involves focusing in on one problem allows other areas that originally were not problems to become problems. For example, if workers complain for higher wages and they receive the higher wage, then those workers above and below these workers will demand more. A ripple affect occurs and with time the situation may never stabilize. Workers will always want more and opinions will differ as long as different people are in charge over a period of time. A worker must concede loss to either within or without, depending on their decision in the situation.
Solutions eventually become more problematic than ever.
If there is no friction involved, then there will be no gain. I make sense of this situation Sorel recommends based on teacher unions that hold-out against school boards for higher pay. Friction between the teacher's demands and the boards' demands affects their raise in salary. Further points raised by Laclau and Mouffe impressed me with their accuracy. According to these thoughts, it is advantageous to learn from history, but what happens today has different underlying causes than what happened in history.