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A philosophy webcomic about the inevitable anguish of living a brief life in an absurd world. Also jokes. https://www.patreon.com/ExistentialComics …

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    Existential Comics‏ @existentialcoms Oct 14

    We think we have an open society because we can criticize our government, but the company we work for has far more impact on our lives, and if you criticize them publicly they will fire you. The private sphere is still run like a dictatorship, by thousands of petty tyrants.

    11:56 AM - 14 Oct 2018
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      2. Robbert Dinero‏ @anphonyboloney Oct 14
        Replying to @existentialcoms

        We live by the myth that the employer/employee relationship is voluntary. Fundamentally, you can't fire your employer. If you quit, he loses very little, but you lose a lot.

        5 replies 5 retweets 144 likes
      3. Daniel Bustamante‏ @dbustamantec Oct 14
        Replying to @anphonyboloney @existentialcoms

        The fact that you can’t fire your employer doesn’t mean the employer/employee relationship isn’t voluntary, does it?

        3 replies 0 retweets 11 likes
      4. Robbert Dinero‏ @anphonyboloney Oct 14
        Replying to @dbustamantec @existentialcoms

        It means there's an enormous power asymmetry, which makes the "voluntary" description inapplicable, unless you're a libertarian.

        1 reply 3 retweets 114 likes
      5. Daniel Bustamante‏ @dbustamantec Oct 14
        Replying to @anphonyboloney @existentialcoms

        Unless you’re being forced to take or stay in the job it is indeed voluntary. If it weren’t voluntary you couldn’t even choose to apply for or take the job in the first place.

        11 replies 0 retweets 8 likes
      6. Spooky Lane (like a spooky road)‏ @LLLaneyLane Oct 14
        Replying to @dbustamantec @anphonyboloney @existentialcoms

        Like some people “choose” not to be able to afford health care! Jobs are a matter of income, income is a matter of life and death

        1 reply 0 retweets 15 likes
      7. Spooky Lane (like a spooky road)‏ @LLLaneyLane Oct 14
        Replying to @LLLaneyLane @dbustamantec and

        But I guess you can voluntarily choose to die, if given no other choice

        1 reply 0 retweets 13 likes
      8. Kentsoul‏ @m_Erocrush Oct 14
        Replying to @LLLaneyLane @dbustamantec and

        This is the base problem with libertarians: they don’t believe others’ lives are of significance. They’re just fancy sociopaths.

        1 reply 0 retweets 13 likes
      9. Existential Dredd 🌹‏ @ExistntialDredd Oct 14
        Replying to @m_Erocrush @LLLaneyLane and

        Libertarians are the type of people who read Rumplestiltskin and conclude that he was the real victim in the story. The poor girl who he made a deal with him to avoid dying broke their contract after all.

        0 replies 1 retweet 7 likes
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      1. Daily Nous‏ @DailyNousEditor Oct 14
        Replying to @existentialcoms

        https://www.vox.com/the-big-idea/2017/7/17/15973478/bosses-dictators-workplace-rights-free-markets-unions …

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      2. Lumpyproletariat‏ @lumpyprol Oct 14
        Replying to @existentialcoms

        I love Kim Stanley Robinson's take on this.pic.twitter.com/R4kXeYNmSm

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      2. John Whitfield‏ @johnawhitfield Oct 14
        Replying to @existentialcoms

        It’s almost as if they’ve earned the right to hire and employ who they want.

        6 replies 0 retweets 5 likes
      3. Dylan Incognito‏ @YetAnotherDylan Oct 14
        Replying to @johnawhitfield @existentialcoms

        The right to operate a business comes from a government-issued business licence, the enforcement power of which ultimately comes from the public. Businesses have no enshrined right to operate in an anti-social manner. Yet, we allow many to do just that for profit.

        1 reply 1 retweet 19 likes
      4. John Whitfield‏ @johnawhitfield Oct 14
        Replying to @YetAnotherDylan @existentialcoms

        Someone who assumes the debt, risk, and obstacles involved with starting a business should be able to employ who they see fit. Firing someone isn’t “anti-social”, no more than it would be for an employee deciding to quit and go elsewhere.

        2 replies 0 retweets 4 likes
      5. Dylan Incognito‏ @YetAnotherDylan Oct 14
        Replying to @johnawhitfield @existentialcoms

        Did I say firing someome was anti-social or they couldnt hire who they want? No. What I said is businesses who engage in anti-social behaviour, like (but not limited to): price fixing, environmental degradation, etc... ...shouldn't be allowed to do so under penalty.

        1 reply 0 retweets 7 likes
      6. John Whitfield‏ @johnawhitfield Oct 14
        Replying to @YetAnotherDylan @existentialcoms

        Sure, I agree. I was responding to a post likening “petty” business owners to dictators.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      7. Dylan Incognito‏ @YetAnotherDylan Oct 14
        Replying to @johnawhitfield @existentialcoms

        I believe we may be thinking of different business sizes. International businesses seem to operate outside of the law in many ways and use their influence and capital to distort democracy. I do not care for them. Entrepreneurs on the other hand, are a vital part of society.

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