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It strikes me as weird that Pinkerton never changed its name. Their name seems to mostly be used either to accuse people of being like them or as shorthand for
by CobrastanJorji 6y ago
It strikes me as weird that Pinkerton never changed its name. Their name seems to mostly be used either to accuse people of being like them or as shorthand for "evil corporate/government henchmen" in historical works. Merely talking to them is going to anger an employee base. Why wouldn't they just change it to something more innocuous like "Allen's Neighborhood Union Breaking Thugs" or "Academi?"
- taurath 6y agoMaybe iHeartCorporate?
- renewiltord 6y agoGood question. Maybe you only bring them in when you want to play hardball so you don't care what people think. You want them afraid.
- psychometry 6y agoRemember how ignorant the average American is when it comes to current events, then realize that they're an order of magnitude more ignorant when it comes to history.
- CobrastanJorji 6y agoSure, but they're stock character movie and video game villains. They're in Zorro. They're in Red Dead Redemption. They're in Bioshock. They're in Boardwalk Empire. They're always violent goons, sneaky goons, or violent, sneaky goons. I think maybe the answer is that their name recognition is mud with employees, but that's a selling point to management. Do you really want to try to form a union when you know your company is employing Pinkertons? After all, you remember how scary those guys were in (insert Western movie).