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		Florin_Andrei on Dec 3, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Amazon reportedly has Pinkerton agents surveil wor... I honestly thought "Pinkerton agents" was a metaphor. :) Like the way you say "xerox that paper".

rimiform on Dec 3, 2020 [–]

Dito. But it's really far worse that Amazon is able to use literal Pinkerton agents, because it implies the organisation hasn't been torn to shreds as you expect it should have been.

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