I love the book and the hugely underrated film, but I do have a problem compartmentalizing the anti-union sentiment

In the film Goldfinger - I can’t remember if the scene was in the novel because it’s been 50 years (!) since I read it - why does he put Bond on that laser thing instead of just killing him outright? (For that matter, why does he spend the money to come up with that elaborate moving model of Fort Knox to explain his plot to the underworld guys when he’s going to kill them all anyway?)

This has been brought up before, although it is a valid point. It was most famously discussed in Austin Powers.