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What rock are you living under? The struggle between employers and employees has been a major topic for some time now. Quiet quitting, etc. The whole thing about it being illegal to do this as an employer is not being discussed solely as a dunk on Musk.

Every employer you had was violating the law, if they told you that discussing wages will result in termination. Doubly so if they actually fired someone over doing so. Discussing wages between employees is federally protected activity that employers may not interfere with. It's very similar to how the FCC has the jurisdiction to prevent landlords from prohibiting tenants from mounting antennas and satellite dishes on parts of the property where they have an exclusive right of access.

Even today, if you were to walk around and ask random people on the street, they'd probably tell you that it's illegal or wrong to talk about your wages. I even personally know a manager of a business who has that opinion (and the two of us have even had quite verbal and heated arguments about the topic).