HobbitFoot

An authoritarian can build a bridge to democracy, but they have to want it. Very few authoritarians want to do that.

Thank you for your service!

Yeah, but a lot of companies laid out very poor WFH policies at the start of the pandemic.

I'm also expecting that some companies are willing to accept WFH if it means they don't have to pay as much.

It should be "A person's pay", but a lot of tech offices are in high cost of living places like the Bay Area. If you don't have to show up in San Jose consistently, you can hire from wherever and most other places will have a lower cost of living.

So someone in Austin may be willing and able to do the same job as someone from San Jose for 20% cheaper because their lower cost of living still makes it work it. Or maybe someone in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon may be willing and able to do the same job for 60% cheaper.

Suddenly, those high salary tech positions go away because major tech companies are no longer limited on where they can source talent.

It is the veneer that moves product.

The American brand still has a lot of value and a lot of American exports are tied to that brand. A large part of that brand is Freedom™. If the USA were to go full fascist, that brand is fucked.

There is also the idea that part of America's media strength is based on a free market for cultural output. A fascist America would likely not have the ability to pump out the quality of media that it did before due to government censors.

I figured this would kick off again when work from home got implemented.

If your staff don't need to report to an office, why pay them for a high cost of living when they can live anywhere? In person pay is going to drop to national or international averages since you don't need them physically at a site.

Probably because the more work that gets sent there, the less work his office gets and therefore the less staff his office needs.

Me too.

Three are IATA security minimums and the USA isn't that far out of line compared to other countries; the biggest difference being the restriction on liquids and taking out electronics for non TSA Pre passengers. Terrorists could still attack the airport, but the flights are considered to be safer.

You also have other things that TSA or their local equivalent are looking for, including various forms of smuggling.

The entire world is in a debt crisis. It just happens to be that the global South is the first at risk of default.

Part of the death of the Internet involves the creation of spam and being unable to find the good smaller sites.