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> The serfs don't get any real say in this model

I am a programmer but also in management, and if I knew my team thought like that I would be horrified. We absolutely care about what the team members want , like, hate etc. I for once would love someone to bring up stuff like this to me. As long as they are as open minded about things as they would like me to be, there is no issue. But it’s a serious issue to pretend everything is fine while thinking like you say.

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> We absolutely care about what the team members want , like, hate etc.

Do the people above you in management care as much? It's the top levels of management that decide hiring, firing and budgets.

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I was nodding to your post for a short period, then you just had to throw in the usual anti-capitalism zeitgeist rant.

Reframe your context, pretend you're in a communist society, and you could be making the exact same point about speaking up against the grain being bad for you. It feels as though people are brainwashed by anti-capitalism sentiment at the moment, unable to see outside of that context.

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