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<blockquote data-quote="rickyb" data-source="post: 4260627" data-attributes="member: 56035"><p>and this one about central problem of capitalism which is it concentrates power in too few hands:</p><p></p><p>"That language, however, ignores the power dynamic at play: Yes, technically Easterbrook and the fry cook at your local franchise are both McDonald’s employees. But in terms of corporate hierarchy, they are hardly coworkers; Easterbrook, who made an estimated $15 million last year, is not just their boss but likely their boss’s boss’s boss. As CEO he had few if any equals at the company, which could make even a consensual relationship incredibly complicated. At the very least it’s messy and distracting. <strong>But at worst it could blur the confines of consent altogether: When the person you’re with has the power to fire you, you may consent to things that you otherwise would not.</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>This is what abuse of power in an “office romance”</strong> can look like, as high-profile examples have shown. Matt Lauer <a href="https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/matt-lauer-rape-denial-letter-1203364695/" target="_blank">recently defended</a> his relationship with former NBC producer Brooke Nevils, who accused him of rape, as consensual, noting that the two did not work together directly. But Lauer was the ostensible public face of the network, and Nevils <a href="https://www.vox.com/identities/2019/10/9/20906505/matt-lauer-allegations-letter-sochi-brooke-nevils" target="_blank">says</a> in Ronan Farrow’s book, <em>Catch and Kill,</em> that<strong> she feared the control Lauer had over her career</strong>. “It was completely transactional,” she said. “It was not a relationship.”</p><p></p><p>Two decades after what is widely called her affair with President Bill Clinton, <a href="https://www.vogue.com/article/monica-lewinsky-to-produce-american-crime-story" target="_blank">Monica Lewinsky</a> says the concept of consent was “very, very complicated” when it came to sex between her, a then White House intern, and the leader of the free world. “I now see how problematic it was that the two of us even got to a place where there was a question of consent,” Lewinsky <a href="https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/02/monica-lewinsky-in-the-age-of-metoo" target="_blank">wrote in <em>Vanity Fair</em></a> in 2018. “The road that led there was littered with <strong>inappropriate abuse of authority, station, and privilege.”</strong></p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.vogue.com/article/ceos-dating-employees-mcdonalds-firing" target="_blank">No, CEOs Shouldn’t Date Their Employees</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rickyb, post: 4260627, member: 56035"] and this one about central problem of capitalism which is it concentrates power in too few hands: "That language, however, ignores the power dynamic at play: Yes, technically Easterbrook and the fry cook at your local franchise are both McDonald’s employees. But in terms of corporate hierarchy, they are hardly coworkers; Easterbrook, who made an estimated $15 million last year, is not just their boss but likely their boss’s boss’s boss. As CEO he had few if any equals at the company, which could make even a consensual relationship incredibly complicated. At the very least it’s messy and distracting. [B]But at worst it could blur the confines of consent altogether: When the person you’re with has the power to fire you, you may consent to things that you otherwise would not.[/B] [B]This is what abuse of power in an “office romance”[/B] can look like, as high-profile examples have shown. Matt Lauer [URL='https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/matt-lauer-rape-denial-letter-1203364695/']recently defended[/URL] his relationship with former NBC producer Brooke Nevils, who accused him of rape, as consensual, noting that the two did not work together directly. But Lauer was the ostensible public face of the network, and Nevils [URL='https://www.vox.com/identities/2019/10/9/20906505/matt-lauer-allegations-letter-sochi-brooke-nevils']says[/URL] in Ronan Farrow’s book, [I]Catch and Kill,[/I] that[B] she feared the control Lauer had over her career[/B]. “It was completely transactional,” she said. “It was not a relationship.” Two decades after what is widely called her affair with President Bill Clinton, [URL='https://www.vogue.com/article/monica-lewinsky-to-produce-american-crime-story']Monica Lewinsky[/URL] says the concept of consent was “very, very complicated” when it came to sex between her, a then White House intern, and the leader of the free world. “I now see how problematic it was that the two of us even got to a place where there was a question of consent,” Lewinsky [URL='https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/02/monica-lewinsky-in-the-age-of-metoo']wrote in [I]Vanity Fair[/I][/URL] in 2018. “The road that led there was littered with [B]inappropriate abuse of authority, station, and privilege.”[/B] [URL="https://www.vogue.com/article/ceos-dating-employees-mcdonalds-firing"]No, CEOs Shouldn’t Date Their Employees[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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