The proposed changes are wholly reasonable, and definitely not that different from 99% of the companies out there.
The real problem is that they’ve spent years hiring for a type of person where this sort of thing is anathema.
The real problem is that they’ve spent years hiring for a type of person where this sort of thing is anathema.
It's only recently that parts of the progressive movement has radicalized.
That sounds like the definition of liberalism rather than progressivism. I don't think the progressive movement has ever really fit under your definition -- or even wanted to. I think what you may be seeing is more people shifting from liberalism to progressivism (at least in certain communities like this).
Many liberals like DHH who don’t stay up to the minute eventually get cancelled.
The US left is unrecognizable from just a few years ago. I couldn’t imagine being able to dissent on anything in public.
And who knows what will be outlawed in the future.
Hopefully it all collapses somehow.
> Both founders are also active — and occasionally hyperactive — on Twitter, where they regularly advocate for mainstream liberal and progressive views on social issues.
What did they expect?
Of course they were going to have employees that approached politics in a similar way, and of course that would leak into the workspace. They've built their brand on the personalities of Jason and David, which has obviously informed all of their hiring decisions.
Here’s his last in-person RailsConf keynote: https://youtu.be/VBwWbFpkltg
He’s promoting anarcho-communism in a RailsConf keynote.
This is dead on: the real issue here is not politics vs. not-politics at work—Basecamp is having a crisis because expectations were broken.