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A WSJ investigation tracked the U.S. citizens caught in the crosshairs of an aggressive government campaign to detain and demonize dissenters

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  • northface@lemmy.ml
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    2 days ago

    My only points are the following:

    • The fact that one country has better working conditions compared to others doesn’t mean its legal system successfully prevents companies from exploiting their workers and thwarting attempts of unionizing and executing strikes.
    • Arguing that things are worse in other countries is pure whataboutism, as your original comment claimed that Scandinavia had reached some utopian idea of “ethical capitalism” by legislation - which I have tried to show is false (by providing credible sources with examples), as companies are fully able to be unethical to their workers within the legal system
    • While it may be illegal to fire people for unionizing, it still happens because companies can make up a lot of plausible reasons instead of the actual one, requiring you to have forethought and record every single conversation with managers covertly (which was done in one of the examples I gave you). Some are even willing to pay the fines for breaking this law from time to time in order to scare workers with precarious/temporary employment that don’t want to risk their job. It’s a calculated risk and cost for some businesses that don’t care an inch for their workers.
    • “Just get another job” as an argument is not the silver bullet you think it is. This requires a lot of privileges; including economy, mobility, possibly having to move (including uprooting your family), maybe having to study or gain new skills by other means to even find a job in your area. Thinking this is an easy task tells me something about your own privileges in life.

    The fact that you won’t even consider to verify the sources of my claims proves me one thing - you’re the delusional one in this conversation, and you seem to be willing to stray from the discussion by also attacking me personally instead.

    What do you have to gain by denying this is happening? You may have had luck in your life and never had to experience these things yourself, but I have and many others with me have as well. Society can be pretty messed up when you actually take a look at how things work in practice, not stopping at how it should work.