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I dont think anyone is arguing it wouldnt be better for stock owners. Workers rights are generally the opposite of an improvement for stock owners. Thats not what they are there for. Its targeted at improving and safeguarding workers and in a broader sense society. In this case its so employees arent just silently doing what they are told matter the consequences those actions will have for the rest of the world.

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He's also speaking as an employee who is uncomfortable with the current state of Google. Do workers rights include the right to not be constantly bombarded with political messaging you don't agree with and to be intimidated into keeping your own opinions silent?

This poster's message and the internal dialog that came out during the Damore hearing make Google sound like a horrible place to work that is aggressively overly politicized. So yeah, the stock holders would benefit from this but so would the employees.

>Do workers rights include the right to not be constantly bombarded with political messaging you don't agree with and to be intimidated into keeping your own opinions silent?

As a said, workers but also in a broader sense society.

edit: Maybe a more concrete example would help, lets take Whistleblower protection for example

> the internal dialog that came out during the Damore hearing make Google sound like a horrible place to work that is aggressively overly politicized

Sundar Pichai made almost the same argument as Damore - that interest in CS may be gender based - in an interview a few months later. Nobody tried to destroy him.

You're missing the point. I'm saying I'm completely willing to exchange some ease of worker organization for a more peaceful (some might even say thoughtful) workplace due to the current mess the culture is.

Those who would trade liberty for security deserve neither.

I think you're confused about the thread you're replying in.

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