> Companies hire people to make money, not as an act of social conformance.

I think you also underestimate how much hiring gives these large companies political leverage. A town can be completely destroyed when one of these companies threatens to move a factory or office

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rich_sasha 11 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Right - true.

So hiring people is ditching this political leverage. If that was the original driver, what's changes to make it not worth it anymore?

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DiggyJohnson 12 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

how does that relate to the comment you're replying to?

	▲	culi 12 hours ago \| parent [-]
		as a response to "Companies hire people to make money, not as an act of social conformance.". I've edited the comment to make it clear, thanks