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> you must do exactly as your boss says without question though. You left off "if you want your boss to give you gobs of money every two weeks".
by wutbrodo 6y ago
> you must do exactly as your boss says without question though.
You left off "if you want your boss to give you gobs of money every two weeks".
- barsonme 6y agoIt’s a two-way street, though. If you’re a half-decent software engineer there are tons of bosses willing to give you gobs of money. And smart bosses recognize that.
- wutbrodo 6y agoAbsolutely. But the idea that this is a "totalitarian" deficiency in the country's provision of negative rights is ludicrous.
- djrobstep 6y agoLet me guess: Your conception of "negative" rights includes the right to violate the negative liberty of others by positively attacking them in the name of property law enforcement?
- djrobstep 6y ago"Do what I say or I'll cut off your income, depriving you of food and shelter" is exactly the kind of authoritarianism I'm talking about.
- missedthecue 6y agoBasecamp isn't the only way on earth that these people can make an income
- djrobstep 6y agoSo as long as you can take your pick between a number of different authoritarian situations, that's OK?
- cercatrova 6y agoAre you a socialist/communist? I've only heard socialists talk in these types of terms, "authoritarian" "totalitarian" etc when referring to the workplace.
- djrobstep 6y agoI'm simply trying to get to the heart of people's beliefs, and understand why they think the way they do.
- cercatrova 6y agoWell I'd say that companies, unlike governments in a nation, are myriad, and one has choices as to where to go. Similarly, the founders should retain as much control as they wish, as do the employees, as it's a bilateral contract. Now, for companies that essentially force workers to work, such as minimum wage shops, I have no sympathy for them.
- djrobstep 5y agoGovernments are myriad, just like companies are. There are hundreds to choose from, and one has choices as to where to go.
- cercatrova 5y agoSure, and if people don't like one, they are free to move to another country as well. Although this is harder by at least an order of magnitude than switching jobs of course.
- anm89 5y agoNo you aren't. You are hurling pejoratives around to win a point. As noted above, you are not even using the pejoratives correctly.
- missedthecue 6y ago