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Boston Dynamics employees protest ICE robot dog purchase
Original: Labor does not want what this fascistic, capitalist hellscape demands from us. Until we organize and democratize the wor
Hundreds of Boston Dynamics employees are protesting a reported plan by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement to buy the company's robotic dogs. The workers argue labor should not serve what they call a fascistic and capitalist system, and are calling for organizing and democratizing the workforce so employees are no longer, in their words, at the whims of the ruling class.
Why now: The link between workplace protest and immigration enforcement technology has struck a nerve among labor and tech workers.
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- Labor does not want what this fascistic, capitalist hellscape demands from us. Until we organize and democratize the workforce, we are at the whims of the ruling class! ICE plan to buy robot dogs spurs protest from hundreds of Boston Dynamics employees https://… · majorlinux@toot.majorshouse.com · 7
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