Attempt to sue them first, and if that fails burn the place down.

Gen 7 came out November 2016.

I worked for an MSP that merged with a copier company. Copiers got more and more capable, and so of course people wanted to use their "advanced" features, hence the merger with an IT company.

When they sold a copier, they would sell limited IT engagements. Things like handing information and help to customer IT, or if they lacked IT, limited help like placing it on the network, installing the drivers to use it as a printer, setting up scanning to network. This was done remotely by a level one technician, Joe this time.

Well, install day came, and after Joe helped out the customer claimed that some computers could print, some couldn't. And some computers couldn't access anything else on the network. They hired a local IT guy that threw Joe under the bus, and the customer yelled at my boss. As one of the level 2 techs, I was told to "fix what Joe fucked up" right in front of Joe. Shit boss, different story.

I travel out there, look at their problem, but was told I couldn't touch anything until their IT guy showed up. So I used the time to ask questions, and tour around since I had a hunch.

Local IT guy strides in 15 minutes late, smug as hell. I talk and lead him to the basement, following the signal strength of a weirdly named wifi signal, and get a solid full strength connection in front of a locked closet. I ask them to unlock it, and ask about the router I see on the shelf, and point out that I believe it's their issue.

Local IT guy installed a router as an access point, and did it so wrong that it was acting as a 2nd DHCP server on their network, handing out different addresses. In layman's, their computers had 2 bosses with differing orders. Therefore local IT guy broke it, and blamed Joe cause he didn't understand what he did.

I praised Joe from that day for being the first technician I knew capable of physically installing gear remotely. He was an excellent tech, and a good colleague.

I would argue that the lion's share of wage theft happens at the lowest paid jobs. They have no alternatives, they're paid zero respect, the power balance is in the employer's favor, and their employers know it. They can't even demand a reasonable standard of living.

Well, they can but it would take a concerted effort, and the American mindset is too individualist to understand class solidarity, or too distracted by just trying to survive.

Some live a more sheltered life, and there's always a varying degree of racism in different areas.

My experience was of becoming an adult right around that time, which just meant other adults were now suddenly ok being openly racist around me, and boy did they have a lot to say around that time.

...he expects authorities to use “good common sense.”

He knows they're gonna murder someone, right?

Swing and a miss. NPR(and by proxy, BBC) and Al Jazeera mostly, with some social media articles where I am extremely critical of the source.

Trump was also doing the things we were scared trump would, the whole fucking time. Has been caught red handed, lied flagrantly, and suffered zero consequences because his cronies wouldn't punish him. Either time has allowed you to forget exactly who the definitive worst option is, or you're a lost cause Trump worshipper actively trying to push us closer to literal fascism.

I'll give you that I wish there were a better democrat candidate than Biden, and I doubt I will be alone wishing that as I vote for him. Because Jesus Christ, the alternative was and is obviously so much worse.

I would say it's probably the philosophy of the fediverse that limits them. There is a spectrum of opinions on every subject, including strong opinions and dangerous ones, sometimes both at the same time.

Having a safe space requires either control or exclusivity in my opinion. The fediverse affords you little control of instances outside your own besides outright defederation and banning of external users. Though arguably that lack of external control is one of the benefits of the fediverse as well. However, if their goal is a safe place for those they feel are disenfranchised and marginalized, they might be right that this isn't the tool for the job. Though, adopting a different platform or strategy might limit their reach. I think that is their dilemma.

Aside from beehaw... The lack of a central control structure within the fediverse is fascinating to me. It's reminiscent of the old internet, where everything was ran as its own little web island, and yet it has many of the benefits of the mainstream "mass market" internet of today. Over time, it will be an interesting experiment to study and be a part of.

I applaud them for doing that before the front fell off this time. Hope they don't encounter any waves out there.

If by economy you mean business owners, business real estate, and the stock market, yes. The RTO mandates certainly aren't about protecting the workers or productivity though.

Remember, the workers, buying power, and productivity are part of "the economy" too, it's not just what the stock market is doing. RTO mandates are harming that for jobs that can be done remotely.