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Let's not be hyperbolic, these people were paid better than 90-5% of workers in the wealthiest country int he world. * [EDIT] since no one seems to understand
by ch4s3 3y ago
Let's not be hyperbolic, these people were paid better than 90-5% of workers in the wealthiest country int he world.
* [EDIT] since no one seems to understand my point here let me clarify. It is crass and stupid to compare layoffs at big tech to violence against women and human trafficking. Just utterly disgusting and it comes across as entitled and totally disconnected. You can support labor without comparing like wealthy workers to the most vulnerable people in society and pretending you have similar grievance.
- nine_zeros 3y ago> Let's not be hyperbolic, these people were paid better than 90-5% of workers in the wealthiest country int he world. Paying more money doesn't change the poor experience.
- ch4s3 3y agoObviously, but it's a far cry from sexual violence and trafficking and the comparison is gross.
- consoomer 3y agoThat's not what you said though.
- ch4s3 3y agoIt basically is though. I'm pointed out that despite being poorly treated, the people in question are among the wealthiest int he whole world. They are in no way comparable to victims of trafficking. The original comment just came across as hyperbolic, crass, and entitled.
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- consoomer 3y agoSo... it's okay to treat them like crap.
- ch4s3 3y agoNo one is saying that, especially me. I'm saying the comparison is dumb, crass, and minimizes the seriousness of violence against women and human trafficking.
- ScoobleDoodle 3y agoI’d prefer to see more people raised to join the middle class rather than comments like this with sympathy for the overlords stamping out the last vestiges of the middle class.
- ch4s3 3y agoOh please. These workers are wealthy by any reasonable definition. I 100% agree that raising people into the middle class is great goal. But comparing some overzealous layoffs and ham-fisted re-hiring to violence against women and human trafficking is just dumb and gross.
- consoomer 3y agoI don't think you get it. The wealth of the people has nothing to do with this. A cheap prostitute and a well paid engineer deserve the same respect. Why are you bringing wealth or social status into it?
- ch4s3 3y ago> The wealth of the people has nothing to do with this. Yes it does. Being laid off and rehired before your VERY generous severance runs out is nothing like the disrespect someone in sex work often has to endure. The comparison is totally disconnected from reality. Being wealthy and of high social standing in the US immunizes you from the kind of deprivations faced by people in the informal economy. Obviously both deserve respect, it just in my opinion minimizes the plight of people being trafficked to compare that to a big tech layoff. It just sounds clueless.
- consoomer 3y agoMy humor may be crass, but the comparison stands. You can't assume everyone received a severance, had enough severance or wasn't severely impacted by the layoff (just because they made a decent living prior). There's a non-zero percent one or more laid off individuals killed themselves due to losing their job. Don't minimize that.
- krzys 3y agoWe're expensive ladies.
- Dylan16807 3y agoI agree with what you've said! But also let's not be hyperbolic by equating "pimp" with "trafficking".