America is using its transition from Industrial capitalism to servicing and finance capitalism as a way to shut down speech. Basically you don’t get put in jail, instead you lose your job. You can’t really argue back “but my performance was better, I packed more packages than the other guy” because these jobs have no clear metrics to them. It’s the perfect situation to shut down free speech while giving the illusion of it. The monopolies get together and pull this stuff through their HR departments. “Monopolization is a Law of Capitalism.” The main way to grow in capitalism is into a competitor’s market, so they’re only so many spots for big businesses unless you use a differentiation / blue ocean strategy. That’s why monopolies are created and right now they’re a tool to shut down speech.