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New Facebook Tool Allows Employers to Suppress "Unionize" in Workplace Chat
submitted 3 years ago by magnora7 from theintercept.com
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[–]calmbluejay 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun - 3 years ago (6 children)
Ownership colludes
The role of a good capitalist government is to intensify and maximize competition in the market place. If collusion is permitted then government is either failing in its duty or it's been compromised. That said, I'm still in favor of striking down all forms of Marxism and that includes unions.
However I agree with you 110% on McCarthy. But I think if I was in charge that I would probably go a lot further than you would.
[–]beermeem 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun - 3 years ago (5 children)
Probably. I'm not really a purist in any sense. The waters should always be muddy. Competition in all things and all things in competition.
I don't see where the role of government is ever to intensify anything. Sounds kind of commie to me ;-)
[–]calmbluejay 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun - 3 years ago (4 children)
Government intensifies competition by ensuring there are no monopolies, no collusion, etc. Also because there are some areas that government MUST get involved in (eg. Military) it should outsource whatever elements that can be outsourced of its undertaking to private sector. In dealings for these contracts it must be fair, offering no extraordinary benefits in exchange for work, and it must be free from any influence in awarding them.
[–]beermeem 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun - 3 years ago (1 child)
Fair enough. I have 120db "fireworks" consistently going off on every block around me at the moment so I'm not going to argue semantics. I'll leave you this tired old trope as a small peace offering.
[–]calmbluejay 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun - 3 years ago (0 children)
Peace offering gladly accepted! I truly hope those fireworks stop soon for you.
[–]whereswhat 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun - 3 years ago (1 child)
I agree with you 100% on this. The sad reality is, however, companies like Halliburton have negotiated contracts that enable an extraordinary amount of wastefulness. All funded by Joe taxpayer in the end. Go down that rabbit hole and it will put a damper on your whole day :(
[–]calmbluejay 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun - 3 years ago (0 children)
I believe in innovation but I can't shake the feeling that we probably would have been better off without computers and the Internet.
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