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Lumifer comments on Rational approach to finding life partners - Less Wrong Discussion

1 Post author: c_edwards 16 August 2015 05:07PM

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Comment author: Good_Burning_Plastic 09 September 2015 12:29:46PM *  0 points [-]

"a boss has the right to fire anyone at any time"

In the US that's already the case and even the people who don't think that wives should be allowed to refuse sex from husbands seem to see nothing wrong with that. Well, except when someone is fired is for saying something factually correct but offensive.

Comment author: Lumifer 09 September 2015 04:48:04PM 0 points [-]

In the US that's already the case

As OrphanWilde already pointed out, no, it's not. Even other than protected classes of people and protected reasons, trade union jobs and many public sector jobs are not employment at-will.