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>Or you can grab some torches and sharp objects and hold them to his throat and change the terms of the negotiation. Do all of your employees at From Day One o

by daenz 4y ago

>Or you can grab some torches and sharp objects and hold them to his throat and change the terms of the negotiation. Do all of your employees at From Day One own a portion of the company? Why shouldn't they "hold sharp objects to your throat", as the founder, to get a better deal than what they agreed to? If not, why not?

CPLX 4y ago
If they believe they’ve exhausted all other avenues for positive change, and if I personally have subverted and taken over roles best left to a democratic government, then of course they should. This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. If they grow weary of the existing power structure and have not been given the ability to meaningfully participate in the institutions that govern the lives of themselves and their communities, then they most certainly should exercise their revolutionary right to overthrow those institutions. https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/abraham_lincoln_101160 https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/abraham_lincoln_101160
- daenz 4y ago
  You're re-contexualizing an Abraham Lincoln quote about the government to justify threatening the life of a private citizen. If you have an issue with the government not doing what you feel is its job, then maybe you should petition the government instead of advocating for some bizarre lynch mob (that, ironically, would be put down swiftly by the very government you should be petitioning). That's how "exhausting all other avenues" actually works.
  - CPLX 4y ago
    "This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it." Pretty sure the owner of the largest pile of wealth ever assembled and the top political newspaper in the country fits well within the framework of this country's institutions. There's nothing bizarre about a mob coming for the assholes who hoard all the wealth and consign the masses to subsistence level existence. In fact this dynamic is probably the most enduring concept in human history.
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    - daenz 4y ago
      Is this how you really feel about the Fortune 500 companies that participate in your From Day One conferences? That their leaders should be lynched?
      - CPLX 4y ago
        I'm expressing a very uncontroversial opinion, which is that the state should have a monopoly on violence, and that the state should be run of, by, and for the people. If the roles that should be assigned to government ever become so corrupted by corporate interests that the institutions that control our life are no longer recognizable as democratic they should be overthrown by force if necessary. This is the founding principle of America, and I'd be happy to advocate for it in any forum. It sounds like you have an alternate worldview and that's fine too, perhaps we can agree to disagree on this point.

by daenz 4y ago

CPLX 4y ago

If they believe they’ve exhausted all other avenues for positive change, and if I personally have subverted and taken over roles best left to a democratic government, then of course they should. This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. If they grow weary of the existing power structure and have not been given the ability to meaningfully participate in the institutions that govern the lives of themselves and their communities, then they most certainly should exercise their revolutionary right to overthrow those institutions. https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/abraham_lincoln_101160 https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/abraham_lincoln_101160

daenz 4y ago
You're re-contexualizing an Abraham Lincoln quote about the government to justify threatening the life of a private citizen. If you have an issue with the government not doing what you feel is its job, then maybe you should petition the government instead of advocating for some bizarre lynch mob (that, ironically, would be put down swiftly by the very government you should be petitioning). That's how "exhausting all other avenues" actually works.
- CPLX 4y ago
  "This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it." Pretty sure the owner of the largest pile of wealth ever assembled and the top political newspaper in the country fits well within the framework of this country's institutions. There's nothing bizarre about a mob coming for the assholes who hoard all the wealth and consign the masses to subsistence level existence. In fact this dynamic is probably the most enduring concept in human history.
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  - daenz 4y ago
    Is this how you really feel about the Fortune 500 companies that participate in your From Day One conferences? That their leaders should be lynched?
    - CPLX 4y ago
      I'm expressing a very uncontroversial opinion, which is that the state should have a monopoly on violence, and that the state should be run of, by, and for the people. If the roles that should be assigned to government ever become so corrupted by corporate interests that the institutions that control our life are no longer recognizable as democratic they should be overthrown by force if necessary. This is the founding principle of America, and I'd be happy to advocate for it in any forum. It sounds like you have an alternate worldview and that's fine too, perhaps we can agree to disagree on this point.