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This reminds me of the stories I used to hear on NPR in early 2008 about young, fresh out of college interviewees grinding their axes about the companies environmental policies. The interviewees in the story sounded so proud of their activism. Needless to say they did NOT get the jobs.

Then the great recession hit. Who knows where those activists are now.

All those protesters are doing is locking themselves out of a job.

New Renter says

All those protesters are doing is locking themselves out of a job.

Try a whole generation.

Tattoos, piercings, gauges, psych meds since they were in elementary school, Facebook posts of them doing stupid stuff during an Orwellian era.

I still stand firm when I say the workforce is getting older, because we've bred intelligence, and initiative out of our gene pool.

It does come across as, can we call it, naive indignation...But I have to admire them for it, and I don't think you have to let go of it. There is a balance there somewhere, but sadly most of us are either unaware (willful or otherwise) from the beginning or sell out to some degree. If push came to shove would I go work for Monsanto to feed my family? I probably would. I wouldn't feel good about it, though. Locking yourself out of a job you have essentially no interest in? Is there harm in that...marginal, I suppose.

(not to single out Monsanto specifically, but they are the whipping boy du jour)