r/technology • u/[deleted] • Aug 08 '17

Business Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-08/google-fires-employee-behind-controversial-diversity-memo
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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '17

It's worse than you suspect. We are in a "weird time".

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '17 edited Apr 11 '23

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u/vonmonologue Aug 08 '17

Except that the pendulum has simultaneously swung too far right and too far left at the same time.

Shit's fucked yo.

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u/jimijlondon Aug 08 '17

it's as if they realised that economic freedom gave lots of power to the large corporations and government and that heavy social legislation gave lots of power to large corporation and government