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[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 91 points 11 months ago (3 children)

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

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 38 points 11 months ago (4 children)

God fucking damnit. I was about to celebrate.

[–] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 55 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 19 points 11 months 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 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] chahk@beehaw.org 3 points 11 months ago

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

[–] Alice@beehaw.org 9 points 11 months 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 11 months 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 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] prex@aussie.zone 2 points 11 months ago

Not really applicable here: Schadenfraudacious

[–] CrypticCoffee@lemmy.ml 21 points 11 months ago

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

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

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

[–] LoamImprovement@beehaw.org 8 points 11 months 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.