Re:Philadelphia Poised to Ban Employers from Asking Hires Ab...
by crdoconnor on Sunday January 22, 2017 @11:24AM
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>this is just outlawing information.
So is intellectual property. We live in a world where information is routinely outlawed. Some of us are used to it.
>outlawing questions, especially between private parties in a consensual relationship (applicant and employer), is backwards
It would be a consensual relationship if there were some sort of basic income that were enough to live on with dignity.
It's an article of libertarian faith that the employer/employee relationship is an equal and consensual one, and an easily disprovable one at that: try living with debt, no savings and no job for 5 years.
So is intellectual property. We live in a world where information is routinely outlawed. Some of us are used to it.
>outlawing questions, especially between private parties in a consensual relationship (applicant and employer), is backwards
It would be a consensual relationship if there were some sort of basic income that were enough to live on with dignity.
It's an article of libertarian faith that the employer/employee relationship is an equal and consensual one, and an easily disprovable one at that: try living with debt, no savings and no job for 5 years.