Admittedly I was a tad upset when I typed that- but I feel like that's understandable given the context

You're 100% right about the fact that we shouldn't act like our wages are private in the same way that our underwear size is. And culture does indeed empower corporations in that way. No disagreement there

Let's just not pretend like that makes it OUR business to know what OTHER people make. It's better to empower people to share that info themselves than to try and make that choice for them.