In this case, for example, walkout organizers should've just assumed that they're going to be retaliated against Retaliation which isn't technically retaliatio

In this case, for example, walkout organizers should've just assumed that they're going to be retaliated against Retaliation which isn't technically retaliation is just how crusty old Kafkaesque big companies have operated for years. I'll leave it up to the reader what this implies about Google. In the long term and at a broader societal level, moral protests are usually worth it Social media has created an environment where the bar is far too low for activism and protest, and unchecked opportunism in the name of activism is far too easy. but that does not mean that your shorter- and medium- term economic and personal social costs are going to be zero -- in fact, quite the opposite! Strange, but in 2019, there are quite a few people who have profited or otherwise have gained non-monetarily from online activism.