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Re:Tech firms face growing resentment of parent employees du... by RHSeeger on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @01:53AM (#24417666)
The person I responded to was saying they didn't care about the future of the species.

I was replying that we, as a society, DO care about the future of the species. We put laws in place to help further it's survival, mostly around supporting the currently existing children (tax breaks, education, etc), but also around helping people have more children (FMLA).

The reason those laws exist really isn't that different from the laws that support property rights; they support things we, as a society, value.

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Re:Tech firms face growing resentment of parent employees du... by smallgovt on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @06:03PM (#24426447)
Yes, but I don't see how that applies to the subject matter at hand. There is no law that says an employer has to provide extra financial support to parents in extenuating circumstances like this.

> As a society, we decide what things are important to us and everyone gets to help support those, like it or not.

If GP doesn't care about supporting parents or future generations (and he is in a position to make this decision), it's certainly his prerogative to not do so.

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