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A place to discuss positive changes that can make work more equitable, and to vent about current practices. We are NOT against work; we just want the fruits of our labor to be recognized better.
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- All workers must be paid a living wage for their labor.
- Income inequality is the main cause of lower living standards.
- Workers must join together and fight back for what is rightfully theirs.
- We must not be divided and conquered. Workers gain the most when they focus on unifying issues.
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- Higher wages for underpaid workers.
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And those are bad people. If you work to build technology used to maintain power when you have an option not to, what else can that be called? These people are not desperate for a job.
I'm an engineer, I quit \ (after the startup I worked for was acquired) because Intel powers much of the MI complex. I quit \ when it became clear I was directly assisting with state level genetic experiments. As an engineer I could easily get a job elsewhere where I was not directly contributing to the downfall of my fellow humans.
Take McDonald's for example. There's a difference between someone who needs a job working in a restaurant and an Engineer working for McDonald's figuring out how to more efficiently slaughter animals paid only to be concerned about their employer's profit -- that engineer could go work to more efficiently bake cookies.
You're painting with a firehose. Some people are.
You are what we call, privileged. Maybe you should...check it?