"capitalism is bad, so it's bad when corporations fire fascists" is not a smart take.
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Replying to @nberlat
How about capitalism is bad, so it's bad to lobby/empower corporations to fire people for offenses that were previously not fireable? Especially if that impulse to call the manager substitutes for a policy agenda that would better address root causes in the area of offense.
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Replying to @findfredhampton @nberlat
We live in an at-will employment economy, there's no such thing as "offenses that were not previously fireable"
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Replying to @arthur_affect @nberlat
There may be some truth there strictly legally, but I mean in the sense of contemporary cancel cultures. The threhold and stakes for causing offense have changed, and those offended now increasingly respond by involving (and empowering) employers.
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Replying to @findfredhampton @nberlat
This is exactly what people were saying about "lawyer brain" Outside of an actual courtroom, the idea of "precedent" and "case law" is mostly bullshit Trying to label everything as a "trend" or a "slippery slope" or a "culture" is concern trolling
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It has ALWAYS been the case that most employers can fire most employees for any fucking reason, or no reason It has always been ESPECIALLY the case that famous people have "morals clauses" in their contracts saying they can be fired for making their employer "look bad"
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There has been no time in all of history where this was not true and it's impossible to imagine this not being true, barring some actual draconian law against firing people for "moral" reasons that would probably keep companies from ever hiring them in the first place
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It wasn't that long ago that it was routine to see actors get dropped from TV shows for cursing in public, or being accused of cheating on their partners, or just "coming off as an arrogant jerk" in one too many interviews It's how the business works
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None of this is actually empowering bosses to do anything they didn't already have the power to do, and that they didn't already constantly do If the needle moves towards firing people for coming off as racist because racism is now unpopular, that's 100% a positive shift
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