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by 0x262d 8y ago
It seems like a weak settlement to me but, especially combined with the recent google walkout getting some of its demands, this will go a long way to encouraging union enthusiasm and organizing work among developers. Pretty good news on the
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by 0x262d 8y ago
this sort of suffering is unfortunately necessary and endemic to capitalism, conscientious consumerism or not. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marxism
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by 0x262d 8y ago
it's silly to try to split up tech companies. look at AT&T; it was tried, now it's basically un-split up. they exist in natural monopolies and their service benefits from monopoly anyway. it's also silly to try to regulat
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by 0x262d 8y ago
this is an interesting idea but probably one already-implemented feature from being circumvented
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by 0x262d 8y ago
ownership by "government" is not the same as ownership by the working class (which includes you unless you are very wealthy). part of the point of socialism is much more democratic control of government anyway.
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by 0x262d 8y ago
you know, there's a theory of this and I personally find it much more useful at explaining things than most other political/economic theories... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marxism
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by 0x262d 8y ago
this is pretty close to understanding a marxist criticism of the alienation of people from the fruits of their labor under capitalism - which most people can’t opt out of
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by 0x262d 9y ago
I love to voluntarily choose between working for a capitalist and starving, personally