The problem, of course, is that eating a lot of junk food has consequences. The act of eating Cheetos may be purely pleasurable, but the feeling you get when you realize you've just eaten an entire bag of cheesy orange puffs is less so.
The goals of the Knights of Labor mirrored the main concerns of workers across the U.S. The union fought for the regulation of working hours, and especially championed the eight-hour day. They addressed the deskilling of labor that rendered workers powerless on the job.
The Knights of Labor were hard hit from the Haymarket Incident and they were never able to recover. AFL insisted on a clearer separation of roles when the Knights began to act more like trade unions. The position of the groups on the 8 hour work day permanently ruptured the relationship between the two.