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.
Companies below a certain size.
The likes of Amazon shouldn't be able to, but some 90 year old man's tiny family business probably should.
That’s an interesting idea. Idk where the line would be but I do think a business owner has the right to hire and fire for literally whatever reason. That being said, a lot of the megacorps are quasi-governmental (or even supranational). Treating them the same as a mom and pop bookstore is dangerous and gives them free reign to corral people based on ideology AND affect the policies of whatever target country to fly cover for their social experimentation.
The megacorps themselves are effectively socialized and are run the same as any socialized state would be.
Who owns (eg.) Boeing? The people who run it? No, the shareholders. Who are the shareholders? Mostly Vanguard, Blackrock, JP Morgan, Chase, Morgan Stanley, Schwab, Citi, B of A, etc...
Who owns all those firms? The shareholders. Who are the shareholders? Mostly Vanguard, Blackrock, JP Morgan, Chase, Morgan Stanley, Schwab, Citi, B of A, etc... And a bunch of people through retirement funds and the like. And then of course rich people.
Can they attend or vote in a Boeing shareholders' meeting? No, because they only indirectly own shares of Boeing. At best they can vote for how Vanguard, Blackrock, et. al do things, but of course they're small potatoes.
So who does vote in a Boeing shareholders meeting. Fund managers of Vanguard, Blackrock, et. al. How do they vote? According to some "Proxy Voting Procedures and Guidelines" document that no one reads. Who wrote that document? Who knows; probably some committee.
How is this any different than a socialist state run centrally run by various State Committees?
I’m not going to argue against anything you said