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[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 91 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Unfortunately this was in Ireland so it may not be replicable in the US.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 38 points 1 year ago (4 children)

God fucking damnit. I was about to celebrate.

[–] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 55 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Still worth of celebration, any workers victory should be celebrated.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 19 points 1 year ago

You're right. Thanks for re-framing it. It's awesome that someone went up against that rich asshole and won.

[–] orca@orcas.enjoying.yachts 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You should still celebrate. It’s a win for the working class collective.

[–] chahk@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

A highly paid exec is hardly an example of "working class collective".

[–] Alice@beehaw.org 9 points 1 year ago

Unless you're an American Twitter employee— in which case, my condolences— I don't see how this is less worthy of celebration.

[–] Midnitte@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

To be fair, there are 34 other works dismissed this way in Ireland - so at least the potential for further damages is schadenfreudific.

[–] tangentism@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] prex@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago

Not really applicable here: Schadenfraudacious

[–] CrypticCoffee@lemmy.ml 21 points 1 year ago

It's unfortunate they couldn't use a Euro figure which would have made it much clearer.

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's funny how USAians think of themselves as the most "freedom". Not even close.

[–] LoamImprovement@beehaw.org 8 points 1 year ago

It makes a lot more sense if you reframe it as freedom for rich white landowners in the 1800s to not have to pay taxes to King George, not so much for the peons, paupers and slaves.