jskell725

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by jskell725 6y ago
To this point - Lately I've found myself arguing for Medicare for All from the "right", against e.g. classifying gig workers as employees so they get corporate benefits from the "left". In a universe where public so
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by jskell725 6y ago
Surely the existence of each of these things precedes their political essence. Even a black person like me; a very political thing indeed, clearly exists before becoming a vessel (in ways sometimes terribly real, and sometimes comically abs
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by jskell725 6y ago
It's healthy for all citizens to have the option of such discourse, and to exercise it regularly. I'm not sure it's healthy to feel unable to leave it for a moment, lest $_scary_opponent seize the day. It is a representative
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by jskell725 6y ago
The entire story of MLK and the civil rights movement is the story of people without power (quite literally, without equal rights under the law) driving change. Same for Ghandi and indian independence, to take one contemporary example out o
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by jskell725 6y ago
>Do I really need to add modifiers to everything I say to indicate that I'm not speaking in absolutes? Fair and I do try not to do this wantonly. Here I feel that your gp argument breaks down in the absence of such an absolute. If i
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by jskell725 6y ago
Interesting and thank you! Perhaps this is a model which can be expanded in the future indeed... It's sort of a logical extension of startups which pay ISOs. With the obvious difference that the employee equity would be immediately rea
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by jskell725 6y ago
You state that "the union seeks out what the membership wants" and I note ( to no argument) that this surely only happens sometimes. Other times they seek other things; perhaps not to the benefit of their workers. I'm not sur
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by jskell725 6y ago
Because we chose to work for them instead of starting our own shops; and so to exchange complete ownership of our labor for a (often very nice) steady compensation. Note that this also applies to managers; up to and including the CEO. They
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by jskell725 6y ago
Perspective from one pushing-back tech worker: -Never seen a manager scream. Note that anyone who does so is bad at their job; and won't last long unless if anyone else wants it. -Workers commonly take multi-month parental leave breaks
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by jskell725 6y ago
You might get a Google indeed; some new vehicle that helps move society forward. But I suspect a very dangerous Theranos; except the union members will be left holdng the mess after it blows up .
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by jskell725 6y ago
As an outside observer, I'd expect a "union" to push an agenda of fair compensation for it's workers and an end to abusive practices from management. This "personal agenda", as you correctly term it, feels more
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by jskell725 6y ago
What force prevents unions bosses from becoming corrupt and self serving; just like we can agree a corporate boss can become? It's silly to pretend they just "always work"
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by jskell725 6y ago
Companies tend to fight back when it's profitable to fight back; and do their best to ignore the government otherwise. See: this week's tech CEO house hearing. I can't recall this example of the backdoors; and if you say &quo
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by jskell725 6y ago
No, unless and until there is a domestic chinese Luxury Car maker of note. This is the exception which proves the rule. They don't make directly competing products; so these come in. Watch what happens when they do.