In this thread there is a mention of Ethics, and even a post that shows the thinking of how someone could write the email without being Satan's brother.
Civility and debate themselves are not virtues! What purpose do they serve for us? What are we doing here? If you want to make an argument that we're superior to reddit you need to make it on more than the aesthetics of the prose bc that isn't shit in the end.
>as long as "arguing persuasively for evil, as a thought exercise" is considered a good thing
There in lies the problem, it isn't evil. There were some pro worker points about making life easier for your employees, and there were some anti-worker points about trying to pay your employees less. On the whole I am not sure what the big deal is, companies have never paid more than they have to, suggesting that the current environment might allow for a reduction in wages is not "evil".