Yeah, but "it's only business" purposefully ignores the fact that these are people, people that have kids in many cases. It also overlooks the fact that these people helped them make money hand over fist. Yeah, they are selling shitty products to Microsoft zombies in a lot of cases, but they still are people.
Yeah... they make the company money. Nothing is owed to them. Let the fuckers starve. Welcome to the US corporate jungle, where you're not allowed up in the tree to get a banana while the monkeys in suits shit on you.
Again... this isn't capitalism. Adam Smith talked about interactions among equals. Corporations have amassed so much power in the marketplace and in government that its far, far from that. This is the endgame of *corporate* capitalism.
I use a linux desktop for all my day-to-day stuff, both at home and at work. The desktop environments are either plane jane or way overdone, but they are adequate for doing work and that's a lot difference than 5 or 6 years ago. Excluding the braindead acceptance of Office file formats for a moment you *can* do your everyday business on linux. It's that Office lever that causes the most issue, and being an admin that isn't really an issue for me, of course.
Exactly. It is a good idea going completely out of control. I am for corporations having legal rights, but it was intended to be limited.
When you say corporations have the same legal rights as people, you're giving them the cake and letting them eat it, too. Saying they ARE people is a power grab, and all of a sudden there is no trade off for the idea of limited liability.
Again... the idea that corporations can have religion is absurd. The limited liability company makes profit their religion. The door is wide open for all types of abuse. The right wing anti-gay zealots are already lining up to use this decision to try to roll back civil rights gains.
Yeah... the people that are wrongly put on the list because of similar names really deserve it. They should have had the sense to choose a different name.
Yes, Government DOES get in the way of things, but whether or not government is working might be able to be gauged by WHOSE BEHALF it is getting in the way.
Humans formed governments for a good reason, and that's because that it was too easy for the stronger guy to take food from the smaller guy, and as a group we thought that probably wasn't always a good thing.
If the government doesn't protect the weaker person then maybe it's more destructive than good, which is where U.S. society seems to be right now.
Literally or figuratively. The only way they can't work together is if you believe the Bible is a literal document. If you have any basic ability to read literature as symbolism you can easily see the creationist story as a story of evolution. If you believe everything happened in six literal 24 hour days not so much so.
Again society is pitted against literalists with no imagination and those that can think beyond the rigid parallel lines. It's always the same thing.
copyright is still pretty much tied to physical copies. It is, of course, another example of law not keeping up with the technical reality. I've even heard it surmised (possibly here) that putting a computer program in memory for execution is technically a copyright violation. It will never be tried in court as it goes way beyond the idea of common sense (even in today's corporate controlled courts), but it could be true.
It's going to take a long time before we have copyright reform that makes sense when we have a system of law that is dedicated to keeping the corporate status quo.
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Yeah, but "it's only business" purposefully ignores the fact that these are people, people that have kids in many cases. It also overlooks the fact that these people helped them make money hand over fist. Yeah, they are selling shitty products to Microsoft zombies in a lot of cases, but they still are people.
Yeah... they make the company money. Nothing is owed to them. Let the fuckers starve. Welcome to the US corporate jungle, where you're not allowed up in the tree to get a banana while the monkeys in suits shit on you.
Welcome to the TRULY disposable workforce. Do your 18 months then they Fargo your ass.
Screw that. Every person without a trustfund or an executive job is "uppity".
WHO GIVES A SHIT!
Give them all the H1Bs they want for. Hell, give them twice what they ask for. Government is for the corporations, not the citizens, dummy!
Again... this isn't capitalism. Adam Smith talked about interactions among equals. Corporations have amassed so much power in the marketplace and in government that its far, far from that. This is the endgame of *corporate* capitalism.
You're forgetting the HUGE back-door corporate subsidy they get by putting workers on poverty wages and forcing them onto welfare.
This argument always comes from a corporate true-believer.
What a load of revisionist history B.S. Not a surprise no name was put with it.
So the asshole executives causing the problems are going to be let go? Celebration!
I use a linux desktop for all my day-to-day stuff, both at home and at work. The desktop environments are either plane jane or way overdone, but they are adequate for doing work and that's a lot difference than 5 or 6 years ago. Excluding the braindead acceptance of Office file formats for a moment you *can* do your everyday business on linux. It's that Office lever that causes the most issue, and being an admin that isn't really an issue for me, of course.
Watch your mouth. Broken microsoft products account for massive amount of I.T. payrolls world wide!
How about you stop posting talking points you can't even back up with a single fact?
Healthcare is earned and part of pay. It is NOT paid for by the company. Another absurdity in this whole mess.
Exactly. It is a good idea going completely out of control. I am for corporations having legal rights, but it was intended to be limited.
When you say corporations have the same legal rights as people, you're giving them the cake and letting them eat it, too. Saying they ARE people is a power grab, and all of a sudden there is no trade off for the idea of limited liability.
Again... the idea that corporations can have religion is absurd. The limited liability company makes profit their religion. The door is wide open for all types of abuse. The right wing anti-gay zealots are already lining up to use this decision to try to roll back civil rights gains.
Chick-fil-A were attacked because they were openly bigoted.
No. That cuts into Dick Cheney's scratch.
The US Constitution says that's enough.
The rights of religious zealots trump the rights of everyone else.
This has been the battle cry this year and SCOTUS seems to agree.
When this gets to SCOTUS I am sure Scalia will find some twisted logic to say the list is AOK.
Yeah... the people that are wrongly put on the list because of similar names really deserve it. They should have had the sense to choose a different name.
Yes, Government DOES get in the way of things, but whether or not government is working might be able to be gauged by WHOSE BEHALF it is getting in the way.
Humans formed governments for a good reason, and that's because that it was too easy for the stronger guy to take food from the smaller guy, and as a group we thought that probably wasn't always a good thing.
If the government doesn't protect the weaker person then maybe it's more destructive than good, which is where U.S. society seems to be right now.
Literally or figuratively. The only way they can't work together is if you believe the Bible is a literal document. If you have any basic ability to read literature as symbolism you can easily see the creationist story as a story of evolution. If you believe everything happened in six literal 24 hour days not so much so.
Again society is pitted against literalists with no imagination and those that can think beyond the rigid parallel lines. It's always the same thing.
I can't believe that Clevon knows how to post to Slashdot.
never a death attributed to coal! sooo clean!
copyright is still pretty much tied to physical copies. It is, of course, another example of law not keeping up with the technical reality. I've even heard it surmised (possibly here) that putting a computer program in memory for execution is technically a copyright violation. It will never be tried in court as it goes way beyond the idea of common sense (even in today's corporate controlled courts), but it could be true.
It's going to take a long time before we have copyright reform that makes sense when we have a system of law that is dedicated to keeping the corporate status quo.