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Re:Private Government: How Employers Rule Our Lives and Why ... by petermcneeley on Sunday August 11, 2019 @03:27PM (#20669918)
Yes but your under a social contract whos terms are completely clear. You may not like these terms but in any western country you are completely free to find a different country with different terms (exactly the same if you find yourself in a company that would like to leave). You see my libertarian friend its all purely contract law and therefore completely legitimate ;)
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Re:Private Government: How Employers Rule Our Lives and Why ... by dahfizz on Sunday August 11, 2019 @03:36PM (#20669968)
Again, if we accept your premise ( I definitely do not accept your social contract, but that's a different matter) that still doesn't make an employer a government. Their contractual nature is similar in that way, but there are still the fundamental differences already talked about.

By your way of thinking, any business is a government.

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