So the traditional answer for these two groups (at least the ones in America) has always been "businesses have the right to fore any employee for any reason".
Now I get the sense that with the massive corporate abuse of power on free speech as well as this subject, opinions may be shifting.
But I am very interested in knowing what people think about this and why.
Not substantially more than there already is.
The reasons companies go publicly traded is very simple: selling shares "costs" nothing compared to borrowing. That will never change.
Nor should it change. You only need to look at Japan's lost decades to see what happens when companies decide to lean on debt. In the US once a company resorts to debt it's usually a sign for the vultures to circle.