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Re:Outraged about the Google diversity memo? by obstacle1 on Thursday August 10, 2017 @09:14AM (#14979276)
OP's quotation is not speaking of freedom generally, which you are; it is speaking of freedom within the corporation, i.e., you are there and you do not leave.

>Comparing it to Stalinism is silly, and surely disrespects

No, making a comparison of abstract forms of government is not in any way disrespectful to people who lived under a regime. It can only be construed as disrespectful if you are looking for an emotional tangent to distract people reading from the argument at hand (which, incidentally, indicates that you know your argument is bad!)

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Re:Outraged about the Google diversity memo? by _dps on Thursday August 10, 2017 @09:24AM (#14979360)
By exercising your freedom to negotiate and threatening to use your freedom to leave, you can attempt to cause changes in the corporation.

Please don't attempt to tell me that I know my argument is bad.

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Re:Outraged about the Google diversity memo? by obstacle1 on Thursday August 10, 2017 @10:36AM (#14980102)
>Please don't attempt to tell me that I know my argument is bad.

I didn't attempt to tell you that, I did tell you that.

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Re:Outraged about the Google diversity memo? by jules on Thursday August 10, 2017 @10:22AM (#14979951)
The freedom to leave gives you leverage within the company, even if you don't leave. Imagine how it would be within companies if the government forced people to stay.
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Re:Outraged about the Google diversity memo? by smoyer on Thursday August 10, 2017 @10:38AM (#14980122)
Effectively this is what Utah's new non-compete laws achieve. You won't leave if you can't work at another company in your field.
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