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For anyone curious about the real roots of #talkpay, software developer Lauren Voswinkel kicked it off on Model View Culture: https://modelviewculture.com/news/lets-talk-about-pay (Background: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/may/01/talkpay-hasht...)

So basically, a software dev announced a Twitter campaign on a Silicon Valley startup's website. Naturally, it only hits Hacker "News" when some white man placates fellow uninformed ideologues with "I’m honestly troubled by joining a Marxist movement on May Day".

(Translating #talkpay into market theology — is this analogous to how Soviet commissars made bold ideas safe for consumption?)

BTW: May 1st commemorates the Chicago Haymarket affair, where workers went on strike for the 8-hour day. And four anarchists were martyred by the state via hanging.




He links to the MVC article literally in the sixth word of the post. Patrick McKenzie is a very known figure on HN and runs several technology business. I'm sorry but there is nothing about gender or skin color here.


@Calibraxis see my comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9475883

Today with all the shrill American feminism, other women have been denied a voice in this debate and nobody from outside America is posting in that twitter hashtag or blogging about how they are suffering WIT while earning >90k dollars per year.




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