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I understand that. My point is that too much attention is given to what corporations think or prefer. In the US, citizens enjoy almost complete personal freedo
by normalnorm 6y ago
I understand that.
My point is that too much attention is given to what corporations think or prefer. In the US, citizens enjoy almost complete personal freedom in principle but most of their lives are highly restricted in practice. This is, in part, because of a subservient attitude towards corporations.
Keep worrying so much about how to bend yourselves backwards to accommodate the employers, and one day you will find it impossible to stand up straight again. But hey, to each their own I guess.
- holler 6y agoIs that really a US thing though? I agree that throughout the western world, our lives are intimately tangled with "corporations" and their products/services. Everything that we eat or touch was likely made by or in part by a corporation.
- geofft 6y agoThis is all very true, but it is hard to keep a roof over one's head and food on one's plate without either placating a corporation or being born to a rich family, and most of us don't have option two. (Also, keep in mind the option that OP might be looking for a FAANG job specifically because it pays well, allowing them to earn enough money to never care about placating corporations again in their life. That seems like a more effective strategy for certain forms of activism than finding a poorly-paying job working for a small business or even yourself, and then having to keep working at it until old age.)