Ban away. I don't need you.

Easy

And awareness is irrelevant. When I listened to the golden age of punk rock (IMHO) I didn't need to be aware of it: its self awareness changes nothing

And there was no "field" of witch hunting: but even if it is conceded to be so, what's wrong with a good witch burning and hanging now then?

Now we "cancel" or censor (or on HN down vote 'trolls') which is no different. Intolerance and demonizing just takes different forms in different ages.

But they always have a spreadsheet where they calculate how they can convert your former salary into their bonus.

"Never underestimate (management) greed" - to paraphrase Scarface.

The "practical merits" of unionizing don't matter if you're gonna quit anyway: go for it. It'll probably lose but fuck it, you're gonna quit anyway.

You've got nothing but the chains of the office to lose.

Terrorism fails but I never said it was "without effect". Vegans boycotting milk hasn't saved any " enslaved cows" but it has given birth to a robust soy and oatmilk industry

But no cows have been released from their oppression. Not a one

If the goal of the 9/11 hijackers was to improve airport security then mission accomplished! But I think their goal was something else.

Clearly you don't read too well

If voting is not coordinated and done in an effective manner its just a 3rd party protest vote "gesture" (in the US w a 2party system )

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Triforcin'

Trump has promised to pull hard on the leash of federal dollars.

If Google want "freedom" it will be free of those federal dollars. I suspect they don't want freedom on those terms

And are likely to be more motivated anyway as they have skin in the game

Once you quit its not as compelling a problem

There are many kinds of " strike" and they require planning and thought.

Here's a quick link I quacked:

https://lawbhoomi.com/types-of-strike/

Ineffective action doesn't multiply into effective action.

Gesture based political action has the same problem of terrorism, which is also ineffective, almost certainly for many of the same reasons

Effective action can be had but it requires coordination leadership, strategic thinking - one off or wildcat action may politicize people towards effective action but alone is (sorry to say) pointless

You can protest by quitting but that won't fix anything

Its like vegans "quitting" meat. Not a cow was ever saved by this gesture. There are sufficient cow eaters to make such a gesture irrelevant

That's not saying nothing can be done

But some gestures are just that