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Crypto foundation demanded employees endorse suicide pledge, then fired leaders who objected, Colorado lawsuit alleges (www.denverpost.com)
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[–] Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I think this would be the best contract to sign. Including BS like that in it would make it easy to argue the contract is completely void. And given the timeline and threat of being fired. You can also argue it was obviously signed under duress.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 3 points 1 day ago

I would have just signed it because as you say there's no way any of this is legally enforceable, so who cares.

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Risky in the current political climate, though. We'll see where things go from here but the side that would support slavery for life contracts still has a sitting president (who is acting a bit too calm at having just lost the house and senate).

[–] Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, but any litigation about this kind of thing always takes years. So either we have new leadership, or we are already totally screwed worse than the contract.

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Hence it being risky as its impossible to tell what kind of people will have authority over the decision process if it ends up in court and what their values will be. What might be ridiculous to some are exactly the kind of "gotchas" that predatory people love.

[–] freely1333@reddthat.com 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Slavery for life contracts wouldn’t be slavery though as it was entered into willingly.

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago

Speak of the devil...