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Re:Tech workers are organizing and demanding democracy in th... by maxxxxx on Friday April 12, 2019 @11:21AM (#19645578)
I hate this straight jump to warnings of socialism whenever somebody questions the current system. There is much more nuance. In Germany workers get a seat on the board of directors and from what I know these companies still make the owners rich and the country is quite different from Venezuela.
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Re:Tech workers are organizing and demanding democracy in th... by mises on Friday April 12, 2019 @11:28AM (#19645661)
The headline of the article is that Silicon Valley has a "budding socialist movement". Even if it's not a full-scale war, it's still a move toward it (and quickly). Don't believe me? Take a look at this recent article: https://qz.com/1580091/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-how-far-left...

Scroll down to the graphic, and look at the massive recent leftward lurch by the Democratic party.

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Re:Tech workers are organizing and demanding democracy in th... by maxxxxx on Friday April 12, 2019 @11:46AM (#19645835)
“Socialist” is a meaningless label by itself. In the US they call Sweden and Venezuela “socialist” although they are totally different countries.

" Even if it's not a full-scale war, it's still a move toward it (and quickly). "

that's just scaremongering. Why use words like "war"?

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Re:Tech workers are organizing and demanding democracy in th... by mises on Friday April 12, 2019 @12:01PM (#19645988)
Your first point is a baseless assertion; I will ignore it, as you can't really argue against a "yuh-huh".

I used the word war because that's typically how socialist and communist governments have gotten into place.

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Re:Tech workers are organizing and demanding democracy in th... by maxxxxx on Friday April 12, 2019 @12:17PM (#19646148)
You can't compare creation of a communist government to unionization. This makes no sense.
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