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This is a good example of what the liberal democratic movement should be about: policing corporations. Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, and the rest of them will never
by Xdes 13y ago
This is a good example of what the liberal democratic movement should be about: policing corporations. Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, and the rest of them will never end their reprehensible behavior from lawsuits or other slaps on the wrists. Until there is a boot-on-ground movement to obstruct these corporations and their employees they will continue to act without consequence using their hoards of capital.
- crashandburn4 13y agowhat negative things do you really think google are doing with their capital? if you're talking about rising house prices in san francisco making it difficult for people to get housing and apartments I understand, but do you specifically blame google and other tech companies for that? is there something else that has made you angry about this? I am genuinely curious as I personally don't see anything wrong with the companies actions and do not agree with a protest that ( I think) constitutes personal harassment. full disclosure I'm from the UK and somewhat removed from the situation so there may be news stories that have passed me by, if you think they're relevant please link them.
- judah 13y agoAgreed. It's time to obstruct these money-making corporations. We can slap their hands with lawsuits brought against them for making money, or we can shut down their greedy, wealth-building schemes. These money-loving fat cats have it coming to them and we need to stand up against them, especially since we have nothing better to do after quitting our mindless jobs at our former corporate greed houses. Anyone who wants money should be obstructed and shut down! Anyone who starts a new company should be seen as a money-loving greed-inducing pawn in the corporate cog, renewing their vicious cycles of greed! Anyone who takes part in a money-making company is no better than taking part in Nazi Germany! Who's with me? Who's with me??!!11oneoneone
- Xdes 13y agoThe issue isn't about capitalism. The issue is about the responsibility that these corporations are willfully ignoring once they have acquired copious amounts of capital. There seems to be this tendency with especially big corporations and individuals to suddenly throw their users and customers under the bus in favor of working with the government. Now the government shouldn't be engaging in this kind of solicitation to begin with, but that doesn't mean these corporations should be absolved of all guilt. Any corporation that would rather derive its value as a government datafarm than from wealth creation has betrayed its user, customers, and capitalism.
- kondor6c 13y agoTheir employees? Certainly in all of my employment history I have never had a vote or serious decision in the direction of the company, that even goes for a non-profit school I worked for. Targeting employees is, at best, a bad idea. Who is to say that this guy didn't support them? Or others support their cause? Now they appear like kids that don't have jobs or that can otherwise afford to picket someone's house during normal work hours. When they try to go to the negotiating table I doubt they will be taken seriously with these kinds of antics. I also wonder if the actually have convinced anyone that might have been in middle or moderate to be their side of this issue?
- diydsp 13y agoThey may appear like that, but they reportedly began the protest at 7am (first sentence of the article!), not during normal work hours.
- kondor6c 13y agoWell it takes time to get to work. I wake up early to let my dogs outside and get ready I have to leave by 7:15am. I don't know, maybe it's just me.
- walshemj 13y agoum thats not what a "liberal" is in political terms - look at what some of the "orange book" liberals are doing in the UK