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> But how can the virus stay alive while killing its hosts so vehemently? Comparing a company to a host and the employees that create its wealth to a virus is

by pron 6y ago

> But how can the virus stay alive while killing its hosts so vehemently? Comparing a company to a host and the employees that create its wealth to a virus is illogical even for the most ardent capitalist. Isn't the capitalist idea that everyone, be it the employer or the worker, do their utmost to maximise their market value and use it to the best of their ability to their own advantage? Even the ancien régime realised that they need the people to actually make their food and that the people aren't some sort of parasite on the aristocracy. I don't even know what to call your view.

Majestic121 6y ago
Note that the parent don't compare ALL of the employees to virus, only the one propagating 'woke culture' If you follow the metaphore, the employees are cells of the host, and those cells can be infected by the woke culture virus and start acting against the host while propagating the virus to other cells within the host. You can very certainly disagree with the 'woke culture is a virus' part, but except from that the metaphor stands imho
g42gregory 6y ago
The way I understand his point is that he is comparing the woke culture to the virus, not the workers themselves. I am guessing that there are plenty of Google’s employees who are not a part of the woke movement. He would not be addressing them in his point, I think.
- pron 6y ago
  I would expect a company as large as Google to have many employees with varied opinions, and given that leftist and social justice leanings are prevalent among the well-educated, I would expect such views to be overrepresented at Google and so that the contribution to Google's wealth comes in large part from people that commenter sees as a virus. In fact, since Google hired the manager in question, they must have done so believing that her perspective will enrich the company; i.e. they sought to exploit it in some profitable way. That, too, doesn't sound to me at all like a virus.
  - twcz 6y ago
    > they sought to exploit it in some profitable way Agreed, Google did. And now the chickens are coming home to roost – hence my initial post. And on your equating of "well-educated" with "woke"… What a disgusting thing to say. Your demonstration of such non sequiturs and reading miscomprehension, combined with the downvotes and post flagging, makes much better sense now.
twcz 6y ago
My friend, read the post you're replying to again. And get off your high horse, too.

by pron 6y ago

Majestic121 6y ago

Note that the parent don't compare ALL of the employees to virus, only the one propagating 'woke culture' If you follow the metaphore, the employees are cells of the host, and those cells can be infected by the woke culture virus and start acting against the host while propagating the virus to other cells within the host. You can very certainly disagree with the 'woke culture is a virus' part, but except from that the metaphor stands imho

g42gregory 6y ago

The way I understand his point is that he is comparing the woke culture to the virus, not the workers themselves. I am guessing that there are plenty of Google’s employees who are not a part of the woke movement. He would not be addressing them in his point, I think.

pron 6y ago
I would expect a company as large as Google to have many employees with varied opinions, and given that leftist and social justice leanings are prevalent among the well-educated, I would expect such views to be overrepresented at Google and so that the contribution to Google's wealth comes in large part from people that commenter sees as a virus. In fact, since Google hired the manager in question, they must have done so believing that her perspective will enrich the company; i.e. they sought to exploit it in some profitable way. That, too, doesn't sound to me at all like a virus.
- twcz 6y ago
  > they sought to exploit it in some profitable way Agreed, Google did. And now the chickens are coming home to roost – hence my initial post. And on your equating of "well-educated" with "woke"… What a disgusting thing to say. Your demonstration of such non sequiturs and reading miscomprehension, combined with the downvotes and post flagging, makes much better sense now.

twcz 6y ago

My friend, read the post you're replying to again. And get off your high horse, too.