GitHub tries to quell employee anger over its ICE contract

Re:GitHub tries to quell employee anger over its ICE contract by undersuit on Thursday October 31, 2019 @06:06PM (#21414241)

No. You entered into an agreement with your employer and the US government when you were hired. You gave them permission by consenting to work within the system and you probably filled out some sort of form with a W in front of it.

You may work outside of the system.

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Re:GitHub tries to quell employee anger over its ICE contract by sneak on Thursday October 31, 2019 @06:17PM (#21414357)

I made no such agreement with the government. You are manufacturing consent where none exists. The sole reason I pay is because of the threat of force, the promise of a gun to my head if I do not. There is no consent.

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Re:GitHub tries to quell employee anger over its ICE contract by Rebelgecko on Thursday October 31, 2019 @07:39PM (#21414933)

Who will put a gun to your head if you stop working in the US?

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Re:GitHub tries to quell employee anger over its ICE contract by sneak on Thursday October 31, 2019 @08:57PM (#21415347)

Local cops via MLAT wherever I am working, as I owe US taxes regardless of where I earn money, a fun misfortune based on my location of birth.

Failing that, local cops, when I am working nowhere and have to resort to stealing food to survive.

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Re:GitHub tries to quell employee anger over its ICE contract by SauciestGNU on Thursday October 31, 2019 @09:35PM (#21415554)

Starvation, death by exposure, death from preventable disease and the like might not literally be guns, but the effects aren't that dissimilar and they are all consequences of not working in the US. There's not exactly a robust social safety net here.

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Re:GitHub tries to quell employee anger over its ICE contract by Rebelgecko on Thursday October 31, 2019 @09:38PM (#21415574)

I think people overstate the dangers of moving to Canada

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