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This is likely an unpopular opinion among the tech crowd here but I find it very hypocritical to publicly criticize your employer for their practices while expecting to continue enjoying cushy paychecks directly fueled by them. You cannot simultaneously be an activist and a cog in the wheel. Pick a side, and then accept the consequences.

>>paxys+(OP)
That's why we need labor unions. When you are alone, speaking up gets you fired and maybe also persecuted by the company. When you are together, a company has a much tougher time dismissing your concerns.

>>paxys+(OP)
Who does that approach ultimately favour? Isn't it a good thing that people can speak out about things they think their company is doing wrong and try to improve it?

I have some sympathy with your view but doesn't that end up marginalising people who stand up for things?

>>paxys+(OP)
> You cannot simultaneously be an activist and a cog in the wheel.

Bullshit. The entire history of the labor movement chooses to disagree. Employees have far more influence than customers in influencing company direction.

It is the moral and ethical responsibility of individuals enjoying cushy paychecks to ensure they don't come from creating harm to others.

What you're saying is that corporations should be able to bribe employees into accepting an unlimited amount of harm, when in many cases replacing employment and continuing one's own livelihood would be threatened by doing so.

That's horse shit and somewhere deep down, you fucking know it.

>>tehjok+S
And the state shouldn’t prevent companies from discriminating against laborers in labor unions. Unless the union has a private contract with the company.

>>bambat+f1
It's great to have opinions about how things are/should be done, but the right place to express them isn't a public press conference.

>>paxys+e2
If it needs to be said the right place to express it is where it will be heard.