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Re:Preindustrial workers worked fewer hours than today's (2009) by mikelyons on Thursday August 22, 2019 @07:58PM (#20773488)
There have been many threads on HN where the debate is "Do employees have enough power to [punish companies] if they need" but none of them have really every made a coherent case one way or the other, but they seem to lean "no" Disclaim: My personal Anecdote^
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Re:Preindustrial workers worked fewer hours than today's (2009) by ailideex on Friday August 23, 2019 @05:04AM (#20775698)
If someone steals my car, and I don't have a means to punish them, is it also okay for them to steal my car? I don't really get your reasoning here.
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Re:Preindustrial workers worked fewer hours than today's (2009) by mikelyons on Friday August 23, 2019 @11:45AM (#20778782)
Saying it's okay, that's up to you. Do they get away with it? YES!
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