Absolutely correct, and one of the reasons why I'm suspicious of attempts to grant private companies too much leeway with regards to people's livelihoods. Barr

Absolutely correct, and one of the reasons why I'm suspicious of attempts to grant private companies too much leeway with regards to people's livelihoods. Barring someone from working for life in professional roles - what difference is there practically, not philosophically between that and the old Soviet practice of ruining people's careers if they weren't in good standing in the Party? The average Joe won't experience any difference. The armchair political scientist will argue it endlessly (I put myself in that category, by the way).