I'll clarify by saying I'm aware of the no-poach collusion, and I'm not claiming it didn't happen. I used the absurd image to highlight and undermine the conspi

I'll clarify by saying I'm aware of the no-poach collusion, and I'm not claiming it didn't happen. I used the absurd image to highlight and undermine the conspiratorial tone of the OP. I don't think the no-poach case was, as the OP claims, about "cultivating an insecure workforce". It simply started with Jobs getting pissed off at Google (legally!) poaching his people, and other companies he emailed getting on board with a general "don't piss off Steve" policy that grew. While it's conspiratorial in that a bunch of execs were coordinating, I don't think it represents cultivation of insecurity or any explicitly anti-union intent.