[dtwest]

Being stuck working at Google or Facebook is a bit different than being stuck in a concentration camp from the perspective of consent don't you think?

I'm not belittling the discussion that our society must have about what can or can't be mandated by an employer. However, I doubt the above quote was created in the context of high paying tech jobs, they were focused on the forced experimentation that occurred in WW2.

[colechristensen]

If you have a mortgage and a child, do you really have the freedom to say “no” when something becomes a condition of your continued employment?

Corporations, very much including google, are becoming defacto governments having a huge control in the flow of information and have threads weaved in to all of our lives. You can’t just give them a pass to do anything they want just because they’re technically not government.

The quote should apply to any entity with power over people trying to take away their ability to consent.

[throwawayboise]

You have the freedom to say no, but it is certainly into the territority of "duress"

[colechristensen]

This is the evolution of oppression and control. Just add money to make it seem like everyone has freedom.

No longer are people going to stab you with something pointy and drive you out of your home if you don't accept control, they'll drive you out of your home by giving you the "choice" of accepting control or losing your salary. Feudalism is back but disguised as real estate investment and trillion dollar corporate overlords giving you a salary.

[shrubble]

The movement/positions of the German medical establishment started in the mid-1920s... some 8 years before Hitler even had any political power.

[dtwest]

That may be true, but your quote is from 1947.