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I once worked in a European office of a big US company a while back where I negotiated a fair salary, they agreed, and then on the first day the contract arrived and fully 25% of it was a "bonus target" that I was assured everyone always got every time so I shouldn't worry about it.

Inevitably, it was the first thing to go as soon as a new CEO came in with the task of improving Earnings Per Share, giving me an instant 25% pay cut. What's shittier is they announced it after the period it applied to, so it was a retroactive 25% pay cut as well. Luckily I wanted to leave anyway for other reasons, so I took them to a tribunal and got paid, cause you can't pull that sort of shit in Europe. My US colleagues didn't fare so well.

This is a lot more sinister than “cancel culture”. Cancel culture was when someone with a platform expressed a bigoted opinion, gained a lot of attention, and caused a backlash.

What these people are doing is actively and openly organising to encourage others to seek out, denounce and victimize anyone anywhere who doesn’t toe the line. It’s a modern-day Stasi.

Most of the hate seems to involve just quoting things he's publicly said.

Who measures uranium in pounds? I feel like if you're not using metric you probably shouldn't be handling uranium.

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"15 bean soup is great but you gotta check the packet for rocks" is the most American thing I've read today.

I saw a great comment recently, that not caring about privacy because you've nothing to hide, is like not caring about freedom of speech because you've nothing to say.

They're indisputably doing the same, except that the flow of instructions and money follows the US model instead.

You won't find a government-signed paycheck anywhere (well... maybe), but the people who Congressman and Senators and their PACs have to beg for money, are the same people funding dark astroturfing movements.

....5 years ago, which is presumably why you chose to crop out the date before reposting.

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All the other Banksy's I can think of are just vaguely subversive about the system in general. CCTVs, Policemen kissing, hoodie wearer throwing flowers, assorted things about urban decay, that sort of thing. This is the first one I can think of that calls out a specific current event that you can attach names to.

Once every 2-3 years I forget what they're like, see a box on the shelves, and think hey they actually look quite fun.

Then I get it home and the contents look fuck all like the picture on the front, and also it tastes, not bad as such, but disappointing and definitely not worth the calories.