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What polarization? This is pretty much black and white. Either your business model requires the exploitation of cheap labour, or it doesn't and we're being cra
by phillmv 13y ago
What polarization? This is pretty much black and white.
Either your business model requires the exploitation of cheap labour, or it doesn't and we're being crappy for no good reason.
Now, we can talk about say the specific ways in which we subsidize families that lead to bad urbanization patterns and that's acceptable - tho as a childless 20something I'm broadly OK with subsidizing families.
But I'm having a hard time imagining an alternate argument that doesn't end up being an apologia for abusive work relationships, but I'd be happy to hear another side to it.
- akerl_ 13y agoI think we're perhaps having two different discussions. This article discusses whether or not being a parent prevents someone from also being a successful founder. It isn't a discussion of the larger and distinctly separate issue regarding how founders treat their own workforces. The two polarized extremes I was referring to are the view cited by the article and the opposite it is attempting to dispute: "Being a parent makes you a more motivated founder" and "being a parent is a detriment to being a founder", respectively.