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"leave your politics at home" while working for a company that is shaping tomorrow's society. that is to say, adopt the politics of your boss at work. i don't

"leave your politics at home" while working for a company that is shaping tomorrow's society. that is to say, adopt the politics of your boss at work. i don't like that.

hprotagonist 7y ago
“inaction is implicit support of the status quo” is, unfortunately, true.
mc32 7y ago
Isn’t that why people have a right to vote?
- takeda 7y ago
  Sure, the problem is that this company's money can influence what shows up on the ballot.
- Lammy 7y ago
  I ‘vote’ by refusing to work for Google or use their products :)
t34543 7y ago
Yes, I would rather see Google accept/tolerate all political viewpoints. Google is mostly liberal but that doesn’t represent everyone. They have a significant influence. We should all be free to form our own opinions, whatever they may be, and not fear retribution from anyone.
arkades 7y ago
Don’t work there? Vote for policies that shape tomorrow? “Accept large sums of money for building your boss’ vision for tomorrow while complaining about it” has a lot going for it, but I have a hard time actually sympathizing for folks that think they’ve a right to that.
mc32 7y ago
I see your point but allowing workers to decide the politics of a company is populism. People feel confident because they have many like minded colleagues. What happens when the winds change? Are people going to be happy when the workers of Exxon decide that it’s in their best interest to extract from some wildlife refuge? It’s not a good idea. We have laws that should govern corporations and businesses . It should not be a referendum for everything.
- bluntfang 7y ago
  Are you suggesting that Exxon doesn't already lobby governments to make the laws that allow them to extract oil from places where they really probably shouldn't? And that the employee's opinions don't matter?
  - bluntfang 7y ago
    can anyone help me with why this post got downvoted?
- pjc50 7y ago
  If not the workers deciding what the politics of a company, then who? It's going to be a much smaller number of people from a much more privileged class; the managers and key shareholders. > Are people going to be happy when the workers of Exxon decide that it’s in their best interest to extract from some wildlife refuge? No, but that's because they're not happy when the managers of Exxon decide that either? Really the underlying problem is that giant companies and especially media companies like Google have a very large amount of political power. Almost more than the big parties, and certainly more than the average grassroots organisation. How google uses that power matters. If Google want to be apolitical, the very first step should be to end all their corporate political donations and PACs. A good second step would be to end all recommendations (ie free promotion) for political videos on youtube.
zarkov99 7y ago
Well, I don't like a bunch of activist techies trying to shape tomorrow's society using the assets of their host corporation. The answer, I believe, is to reduce the "shaping" impact of corporations in the first place.

"leave your politics at home" while working for a company that is shaping tomorrow's society. that is to say, adopt the politics of your boss at work. i don't like that.

hprotagonist 7y ago

“inaction is implicit support of the status quo” is, unfortunately, true.

mc32 7y ago

Isn’t that why people have a right to vote?

takeda 7y ago
Sure, the problem is that this company's money can influence what shows up on the ballot.
Lammy 7y ago
I ‘vote’ by refusing to work for Google or use their products :)

t34543 7y ago

Yes, I would rather see Google accept/tolerate all political viewpoints. Google is mostly liberal but that doesn’t represent everyone. They have a significant influence. We should all be free to form our own opinions, whatever they may be, and not fear retribution from anyone.

arkades 7y ago

Don’t work there? Vote for policies that shape tomorrow? “Accept large sums of money for building your boss’ vision for tomorrow while complaining about it” has a lot going for it, but I have a hard time actually sympathizing for folks that think they’ve a right to that.

mc32 7y ago

I see your point but allowing workers to decide the politics of a company is populism. People feel confident because they have many like minded colleagues. What happens when the winds change? Are people going to be happy when the workers of Exxon decide that it’s in their best interest to extract from some wildlife refuge? It’s not a good idea. We have laws that should govern corporations and businesses . It should not be a referendum for everything.

bluntfang 7y ago
Are you suggesting that Exxon doesn't already lobby governments to make the laws that allow them to extract oil from places where they really probably shouldn't? And that the employee's opinions don't matter?
- bluntfang 7y ago
  can anyone help me with why this post got downvoted?
pjc50 7y ago
If not the workers deciding what the politics of a company, then who? It's going to be a much smaller number of people from a much more privileged class; the managers and key shareholders. > Are people going to be happy when the workers of Exxon decide that it’s in their best interest to extract from some wildlife refuge? No, but that's because they're not happy when the managers of Exxon decide that either? Really the underlying problem is that giant companies and especially media companies like Google have a very large amount of political power. Almost more than the big parties, and certainly more than the average grassroots organisation. How google uses that power matters. If Google want to be apolitical, the very first step should be to end all their corporate political donations and PACs. A good second step would be to end all recommendations (ie free promotion) for political videos on youtube.

zarkov99 7y ago

Well, I don't like a bunch of activist techies trying to shape tomorrow's society using the assets of their host corporation. The answer, I believe, is to reduce the "shaping" impact of corporations in the first place.