Google Urged the U.S. to Limit Protection for Activist Workers

Re:Google Urged the U.S. to Limit Protection for Activist Wo... by dragonwriter on Thursday January 24, 2019 @06:53PM (#18994250)

> Funny how people only ever use "entitled" to describe labor demanding better treatment from management, but never to describe management demanding that labor do more for less.

“Entitled” is a term used by elites to describe their lessers seeking to be above their rightful station. It's only ever used to punch down.

Other terms are used for the already powerful seeking to retain power including some that reflect the speaker's perception that it is unjust power involved, but “entitled” just isn't generally used in that direction.

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Re:Google Urged the U.S. to Limit Protection for Activist Wo... by Kalium on Friday January 25, 2019 @12:11AM (#18995729)

I regularly see "entitled" used as a slur against those seen as assuming privileges they should not have or do not deserve. I've seen it attached to the Covington teenagers more than once.

With that in mind, I think the word may have a general-purpose use to describe people grabbing for things the speaker things they should not have.

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