I criticize the growing influence of some "trade-unionism'' attitudes in the Theoretical Computer Science community. I trace these attitudes in the arguments used in two recent controversies which attracted much attention: the controversy on the acceptance rate in STOC/FOCS conferences and the controversy on anonymous submissions (in Crypto conferences). I believe that these attitudes stand in contradiction to the scientific progress and call for their abolishment.
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