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Re:Coinbase offers exit package for employees not comfortabl... by adambyrtek on Wednesday September 30, 2020 @08:28AM (#24638051)
> A better question would be why America has a two-track system of rights, where one must constantly defend their violation from the government, but also completely abandon them the moment they walk into their workplace.

One argument could be that it's much easier to change jobs than to change citizenship.

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Re:Coinbase offers exit package for employees not comfortabl... by claudeganon on Wednesday September 30, 2020 @08:45AM (#24638188)
This argument doesn’t address the discrepancy. “I can move from one job, where my boss can fire me for anything I do or say arbitrarily to another where my boss can for me for anything I do or say arbitrarily” does not explain why protection of speech is so important in one context, but not the other. The vast majority of people don’t rely on the government for their immediate material needs, so why should they need so much protection from the government as opposed to the bosses who have this leverage over them?
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