A Chinese programmer died in hospital after fainting while working at home late last year.Gao Guanghui (transliterated), 32, allegedly died of cardiac arrest, leading his family to believe that he died from overwork.According to Chinese media, he was promoted to department manager recently and had consistently been working long hours prior to his death.In addition to programming tasks, he was...
  • PissingIntoTheWind@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 hours ago

    I mean. If labor unions killed people. Like they did during some of the coal mine riots. It gives the police and at times military freedoms to retaliate.

    I grew up where the sheriff of my county killed 25 people in a single day before miner unions were allowed to exist.

    Look up the Williamsport Mine Field Riots. They treated these people like animals. Just like the CCP treats their lower workers.

    I’m not a tankie. I just know what happened on the ground that led up to the violence. I was in a masters program for counter terror.