General Discussion

They've seen union strikes and figured, "I can do the same thing about any issue I want."

I can't decide if I feel bad for them or not, because the adults in their lives clearly failed them in a profound way. Tech is a much smaller community than people think. Their names are out there. No one is going to want to hire them.

As ProfessorGAC said, the people who knew they'd probably lose their jobs and still did it. Ok, respect. Seriously. You sacrificed for your beliefs. You knew the consequences and felt that strongly.

But a lot of these people seem to have not seen it coming. They thought the performative was sufficient for concessions. And you just want to say, "Oh, booboo. No. None of this works that way. "