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Re:Google cancels TGIF weekly all-hands meetings by RickJWagner on Friday November 15, 2019 @07:21PM (#21550015)
Yes. I think Google (and others) are selectively leftist.

Sort of like Bill Gates on taxing billionaires.

If they lean left, they get love from the media. But when it's really, really against their self-interest they'll resist and show their true colors.

It's just corporate hypocrisy. I hope it ends and corporations go back to being apolitical.

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Re:Google cancels TGIF weekly all-hands meetings by ALittleLight on Saturday November 16, 2019 @02:44AM (#21551528)
I think it's beyond Left and Right. Google, like most companies and individuals, is self interested. When something benefits Google, they'll pursue it, regardless of where it falls on the ideological spectrum.

Unions? That's bad for business owners, so Google is against. Diversity? That increases the number of workers you can have, so Google is in favor of it. Immigration? Google's in favor, for the same reason. More taxes on tech companies? Google's against, etc.

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