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Especially things like when a company owns the entire town and pays their workers in scrip. Both the company and worker is a consenting party, so the government
by Drakim 3y ago
Especially things like when a company owns the entire town and pays their workers in scrip. Both the company and worker is a consenting party, so the government should stay out of it.
The problem with this ideology is that will destroy society and reduce it to ashes.
- robertlagrant 3y agoYou think this is "ideology" that will cause that? > It shouldn't be normal to expect the government to be involved in approving things except where there's a great reason to need it.
- itishappy 3y agoYes. Your quote is an example of the exact ideology that leads to Standard Oil and company towns.
- robertlagrant 3y agoWhat is that ideology? "Government shouldn't be involved unless there's a great reason to do so"? If you think preventing company towns isn't a great reason to need approval, fair enough, but then why are you saying company towns are bad?
- scarface_74 3y agoSo exactly how was the government preventing a company town here? And if a town is dependent on one major employee should we do what exactly?
- robertlagrant 3y ago> So exactly how was the government preventing a company town here? Where is here?
- scarface_74 3y agoBy stopping Adobe from buying Figma. How exactly has the government stopped Adobe from starting a company town?
- robertlagrant 3y agoSorry, I don't see why you're replying to my comment on this - I wasn't saying Adobe is about to start a company town.
- scarface_74 3y agoThen what exactly is the purpose of bringing up “company towns” in a post about Adobe not being able to buy Figma?
- itishappy 3y agoNo. I think anti-trust regulations are really important. Don't you?
- robertlagrant 3y ago"unless there's a great reason to do so" I'm really struggling to understand why you're asking questions tartly instead of just reading what I said, which I tried to make very simple to understand, and replying just as simply.
- itishappy 3y agoI've read it. I'm asking questions because I'm struggling to understand the point you're trying to make. I thought I understood, but your response was so far off of my intent that I'm no longer certain. You said the government shouldn't involve itself "unless there's a great reason to do so," which I interpret as implying you disagree with the reasons. Do you think anti-trust measures are a great reason?
- cjaybo 3y agoWe could guess or we could refer to history to here. Maybe you would rather be doomed to repeat it?
- scarface_74 3y agoYes because Step 1: Adobe buys Figma . . . Step n: Adobe takes over a small town and forces people to make websites? Please tell me how the government’s actions has stopped that conclusion.
- scarface_74 3y agoWell seeing that we are talking about software company , I fail to see where this analogy is at all relevant