[jamesgill]

Americans will never quite understand what they bargained away for a government and culture based on freewheeling capitalism and a vague notion of ‘freedom’ that seems to absolve everyone of the one thing real freedom requires: responsibility.

[credit_guy]

People who work at Meta are paid very well. I think the majority of them would prefer to be paid very well and have the danger of being laid off, than to be paid at European levels and have more job security. Being laid off from Meta is not some sort of ticket to homelessness. Most of those employees will get another job in at most a few months.

I was there. I was laid off from such an employer. I got another job in 3 weeks, and I didn't have to take a pay cut. Being laid off is never a pleasant experience, for sure. But that's the way to keep a strong economy. Here's an article from the Economist published 5 days ago: "America is experiencing a productivity miracle" [1]. The ability of employers to hire and fire as they see fit is part of the explanation.

[1] https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/05/11/a...