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because it's a perfect symbol of the breakdown our society is experiencing. His life is completely unaffected by the failure of his company, while the employees
by machinerychorus 5y ago
because it's a perfect symbol of the breakdown our society is experiencing. His life is completely unaffected by the failure of his company, while the employees who were passionate about the mission are left with nothing.
- jjcon 5y agoFrom what I can tell the company didn’t fail, just downsized. That’s mundane, not ‘a perfect symbol’. Downsized employees of tech companies aren’t ‘left with nothing’ they got paid for the work they did and will have no difficulty finding a new job.
- machinerychorus 5y agoThey downsized 90%! Saying that they haven't failed yet strikes me as needlessly pedantic. Yes, employees of a tech startup are probably compensated pretty well and have great job prospects. However, their wealth is probably negligible compared to the CEO, despite them appearing to care much more about their work than the CEO does. I understand that most people will say that this is fair and the market has determined their worth, but even if that's true the people who get the short end will resent it and see that they have more to gain by toppling the system than by working inside it. Wealth Inequality is an existential threat to western capitalist democracy, and if it's not rectified it will lead to revolution. If you are in favor of our current system and wish to preserve it, wealth inequality must be addressed.