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    5 months ago

    It’s not a chance or a mere claim by “some people”; we already know what it was like before the secret ballot. This idea has already been tried. You’d date somebody who voted for a monster and they’d tell you “my boss/landlord made me do it”.

    This is where some people will so cleverly suggest “oh simply make it illegal to fire them for that cause”… which will work about as well as every other worker protection that isn’t a union. They’ll build a case to fire you “for another reason”.

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        5 months ago

        I’m sorry but this has already happened and it’s not hypothetical. “Find a better job” has never addressed systemic problems. Nobody wants to work for a shady company, there just aren’t enough upright ones to go around.

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            5 months ago

            When you say “I wouldn’t want to work for a Republican business”, you’re implying that we can simply choose to work for businesses that aren’t Republican-owned. For the average job seeker this restriction is costly.

            My job issues would become yours if I had to choose between altruistic voting and a higher paying job!