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I take some issue with statement "Workers are afraid to speak up". Workers that don't own their own means of some kind of production are working for someone el
by LeoJiWoo 9y ago
I take some issue with statement "Workers are afraid to speak up".
Workers that don't own their own means of some kind of production are working for someone else. So its reasonable to be afraid when your livelihood, people have families to support.
The point about cultures of "meaness" and "niceness" misses the mark. People are afraid of being out-grouped or becoming a social pariah for reasonable reasons such losing a job, getting blacklists, being undermined secretly, and etc.
In the current climate of extreme witchhunts, it is wiser to be quiet rather than risk the wrath of fickle masses.
EDIT: The speaking up context is in reference to project/organization feedback (office politics not government politics).
- ttoinou 9y agoWorkers that don't own their own means of some kind of production are working for someone else. So its reasonable to be afraid when your livelihood, people have families to support. So solo entrepreneurs are not afraid to speak up because there is no livelihood threatened or family to support ? As an entrepreneur I know I shouldn't be talking politics with my client, it's not professional.
- LeoJiWoo 9y agoYou are right. The article context I was referring to was project feedback, which I guess falls under office politics not american or government politics.
- pjc50 9y agoSome say "extreme witchhunts", some say "persistent offenders who have relied on their privilege for years are finding their Get Out Of Jail Free card doesn't work any more".
- Sniffnoy 9y agoThese aren't mutually exclusive.