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The less said about Gandhi the better. He had an amazing PR in the age when there was no concept of PR. The world has always been divide on: Owners and workers
by devnull3 2y ago
The less said about Gandhi the better. He had an amazing PR in the age when there was no concept of PR.
The world has always been divide on: Owners and workers. This transcends communism and capitalism. Owners always wants more work out of workers. Owners unknowingly or knowingly behave as if they own the people. This was literally true when slavery was widespread.
Even in western countries we find the unwritten understanding between Steve Jobs and Eric Schmidt not to poach each other's engineers [1]. Where is a the "free hand of markets" here? Does it not limit the career opportunities for employees?
Activision Blizzard, one of the top AAA game developer had huge culture problems. There is a lawsuit as well [2]
How is it in the land of free and ideals of Martin Luther King and Abraham Lincoln get to a point where humans are treated like corporate property?
[1] https://www.theverge.com/2012/1/27/2753701/no-poach-scandal-unredacted-steve-jobs-eric-schmidt-paul-otellini https://www.theverge.com/2012/1/27/2753701/no-poach-scandal-...
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Department_of_Fair_Employment_and_Housing_v._Activision_Blizzard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Department_of_Fair_...