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Also, removes any incentive to build things that last. Hollow out one beautiful place of historic pedigree like some blight attacking a tree, then move on to the next as that place crumbles behind you. t.co/wEdPFHOBpE

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Cinder

@Triquetrea

Jun 3

Back in the day, consigning a rich and powerful person to exile was considered an incredibly severe punishment. Today, billionaires will change their citizenship to some tiny country without an extradition agreement just to avoid paying child support for some illegitimate child.

Cinder

@Triquetrea

Jun 3

Corporations that operate primarily in tier 1 economies will put their HQ in Shitsville, Nowhere just to avoid paying taxes. It's not like it matters one whiff for their ops.

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I'm kind of surprised that more large corps didn't embrace remote working sooner and more enthusiastically for the same reason. A distributed workforce makes the company more legally portable.

Cinder

@Triquetrea

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@gdeichen

"Workforce"? Don't you mean independent contractors who work conspicuously long hours with no job security probably in violation of local labor laws yet with no legal recourse for jurisdictional reasons?

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Whatever that is, it's definitely not in any way, shape or form a "workforce". It says so right here on this piece of paper drafted up by the expensive legal team I paid for with this extra budget called "dEfINiteLy NoT eMplOyee InSurANce MoNey"...

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Honestly I'd have imagined that any arrangement that reduced the chances that employees make meaningful connections would be enough to make it happen. Makes it less likely they'll unionise.

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