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Google is cracking down on its employees’ political speech at work
Silicon Valley was developed initially through publicly funded intelligence agency operations. It, and the other offshoots of Orwellian dystopia that have been spawned in recent decades, is rapidly fulfilling it's mission as the new mind control medium for the World (searching is a bug, we'll tell you what you want to know - trust us - we're 'Authority').
It is quite apparent from the title link article that for me to work in such a place would be the willful abandonment of any pretension to individual autonomy. But the same could be said of a vast sway of corporations and even smaller businesses. I suggest each individual assess how much this autonomy means to them. Unlike Statists, I don't attempt to dictate what people should or should not do (unless they physically attack me). By extension why should I know any more than anyone else if one company or another is 'good' or 'bad' for them?
With such a culture that exists in Google, and with it out in the open, I would find it difficult to take any employee seriously if they mentioned anything outside of the narrowly technical sphere about which they spend most their time. I respect that they can choose to work for whomsoever they want. That doesn't mean I need to respect that choice.
Google, like the State, can, and will, do whatever it wants until it is no longer kept alive from public funds and is forced to justify it's existence in the market alone. Regulation (asking the same people who kicked it off in the first place what to do) is not the answer. I believe it's given it's employees (some highly capable I expect) great reasons for leaving (and perhaps joining another firm that believes in little things like freedom?). That would be a more effective way to have 'their voices heard' than endless internal meetings attempting to ensure that 'everyone is respected' etc. It would also be 'giving back' in a rather more meaningful way than doing an early morning eco-cleanup in the park to 'show you care' or similar.
Comfort and stability have their price. With the State behind so much industry and innovation the price, for everyone, can only get higher over time ...