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Labor organization with the express aim of putting an end to Surveillance Capitalism. Google and Facebook can’t withstand a sustained disruption of their workforce, which is why th…

Any “exchange” that’s premised on the “loss of rights” is just the Capital class leveraging their power to further exploit the poor.

Let me tell you a secret - it’s the drier. Clothes last far longer when you hang dry them. You’re right that fast fashion has reduced overall quality, but you can still get more we…

>It sounds like a cliche, but capitalism = freedom. And War is Peace. Ignorance is Strength.

That you've so internalized this oppressive ideology as natural or just is why I imagine people like Schifter feel so hopeless in the face of their circumstances. Perhaps think on …

People are angry at your tone, but you’re correct. The evidence shows that disproportionate gender representation in STEM is the product of social conditioning, not anything innate…

I often see debates here about how tech workers should or shouldn’t organize because they’re too highly paid, etc. But what if they organized to protect something more simple, like…

I think he was on his way out to a post in the Clinton administration as Google’s man on the inside. He’s mentioned his political ambitions in several interviews/profiles. When tha…

I don’t mind the downvotes or anything, but it struck me as strange that on the same day that it’s reported Google is pursuing partnerships with an entity as corrupt and demonstrab…

Most likely he was cast aside so Google can cozy up better with the Trump administration. Schmidt was close with the Clinton campaign, which Trump himself noted when they met: http…

In the face of all of the companies that illegally colluded to suppress developer wages sitting on massive reserves of cash... It’s the same thing as poor whites clinging to racism…

You used Lindgren and her story as an example of the "business climate" of Sweden in the 70s and as an implied defense of Kamprad/IKEA's actions. But her critique, when coupled wit…

Dakuten(what you call “dots over letters”) are used to modify the way consonants are pronounced, not for emphasis, e.g to turn the character for “Ka”(カ) into “Ga”(ガ). And the usage…

And yet Lindgren remained a committed Social Democrat even in spite of this. Drawing a parallel between her and a tax-dodging, fascist sympathizer is quite the leap. Lindgren despi…

The parent already pointed out that in a 2010 interview he expressed his unchanged admiration for Endghal. And he was also later show to have remained friends with him well into th…

He also used East German dissidents as slave labor in the 70s and 80s. Pretty despicable. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2012/nov/16/ikea-regret...

The opioid crisis is probably a more apt analogy, given its class dimensions and origination in the pharmaceutical industy. But see also corporate algorithms commodifying all socia…

I wonder at what point people will realize that Musk is a shyster who uses his media profile to underpay and overwork his employees. Can you imagine working for someone who engages…