David,
This post perfectly reveals the abyss at the heart of libertarianism.
You picture the boss and the employees engaging each other as citizens. I
picture the employees being VERY careful about expressing their views in this
situation. In other words, the employees don't have free speech and thus your
whole world view is clearly nonsense.
Gene
On Oct 19, 2012, at 2:24 PM, David Shemano wrote:
> Why would you be interested in what libertarians think about this issue?
> Libertarians are free speech absolutists, so there is no issue here for
> libertarians. On the other hand, I am SHOCKED liberals and progressives have
> an issue with employers talking politics with their employees. I thought
> liberals and progressives love the "public square" and people leaving their
> atomized shells to engage in political issues. What could be better than
> employers and employees standing around the watercooler engaging each other
> as citizens concerned about current events?
>
> David Shemano
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of raghu
> Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2012 10:04 AM
> To: Progressive Economics
> Subject: Re: [Pen-l] the Master speaks
>
> On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 11:02 AM, Jim Devine <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Thanks to Citizens United, employers can legally tell their employees
>> who they think they should vote for. Mitt Romney wants small business
>> owners to do just that this November.
>>
>> [...]
>>
>> The call, recorded on June 6, was first published yesterday evening by
>> In These Times, a liberal magazine based in Chicago, and later picked
>> up by ThinkProgress and the Huffington Post, among others. While the
>> practice of an employer offering voting advice to an employee appears
>> to be perfectly legal (as Romney points out), it's nonetheless a
>> somewhat controversial practice that never goes over well with
>> liberals who see lines like "in the best interest of ... their job" as
>> akin to "vote for my guy or else."
>
>
>
> I'd be very interested in hearing what libertarians think about this.
> -raghu.
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