Oliver Bateman Does the WorkVerified account

corporate-managed speech is the new normal. voluntary agreements to follow corporate speech codes in exchange for producing content for a social media site, or speaking while doing some gig work, or whatever. "can i speak to the manager" will eventually replace the court system

this is what it is, i suppose. HR is fairly risk-averse -- i know the field -- and will always take the easiest and safest option, which is usually cutting some worker who is even a slight bit of a PR problem (it often saves a lot of time, prevents an unemployment claim, etc.).

people have already signaled a willingness to move in this direction, in exchange for use of a website, ability to post in a comments section, or completion of some "gig" work. eventually it's going to become clear how narrow this band of allowed communication is

which is what it is, i suppose. though it's hard to say how voluntary this process was, people who had at least a tiny amount of leverage are eventually going to end up with none. eventually the number of thinkable thoughts in the marketplace of ideas will shrink to nil