to me it seems that people got carried away by political debacle so much they forgot what they should actually be doing on their job
moreover i doubt Basecamp had a caste problem to begin with
The luxury of ignoring politics is usually reserved for those who are not threatened by the dominant politics. And that luxury is one that most people in tech management have, so it can produce unintentional harm.
This policy only came into play after leadership was called out.
the management said no funny names no more
and this has made some of the employees very upset
they just couldn’t accept they won’t be able to call their customers funny names no more while being hired to do a job
Economic activity is an outcome that happens in the presence of a stable civic situation. Economic activity does not spontaneously create polite and cooperative groups of people.
If anything, civic/political matters take primacy over economics any day. Once your political landscape degenerates, your economic underpinning is generally quick to follow in the ensuing chaos.
How have people not realized this yet?
why talk shit about politics when we can spend time together making money!
we already contribute a significant portion of our income to taxes
maybe we should have political debates with the very people we sponsor and not our coworkers?