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Re:X to pay €550k to employee fired for not replying to yes-... by userbinator on Saturday August 17, 2024 @08:07PM (#41279094)
beauty in sharing and distributing personal risks

That's socialism. Look at what happened to the USSR and it's obvious that we don't want to go (further) down that path.

The cost of living is too high in many places; but that's a symptom and not a cause.

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Re:X to pay €550k to employee fired for not replying to yes-... by withinboredom on Sunday August 18, 2024 @04:21AM (#41280967)
Um. If you are talking about the US, you realize it has more "socialism" than most EU countries?

- Do you choose your water company?

- How about your power company?

- TV?

- Internet? and can it be different than your TV?

- Cell?

There are probably more that I have forgotten to mention. But, at least where I live, there is a choice for every one of those items. And hey, there's also no Comcast here.

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