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> Don't blame corporations for working within the system they're presented. Blame an apathetic voter base. I can blame both. Ethical companies will not abuse a
by awalton 10y ago
> Don't blame corporations for working within the system they're presented. Blame an apathetic voter base.
I can blame both. Ethical companies will not abuse a bad law, nor will they pay millions to lobby to break laws, or use the Citizen's United ruling to pour money into electing people who will pass laws they want. It's hard to even see how it is possible to vote against them now that they've got billions of dollars to make any decision they see fit law, simply by squeezing the arm of whichever tool they installed in the legislator. But maybe we should blame the Supreme Court - if only that too wasn't gamed by politicians baselessly denying the nomination of first Garland and now Gorsuch as retaliation.
Corruption is corruption, whether it is political or commercial.
- toomuchtodo 10y agoThere's plenty of blame to go around. Pick a political target, and sink your teeth into it, whether that's data privacy, immigration rights, single payer, whatever. Pick a candidate running for office who is congruent with your values, support them mercilessly, move on to the next challenge after the election. Squabbling on Hacker News? Does zero. Let's get something done.
- itchyjunk 10y agoOnly it does. Part of making informed decision is being informed. You assume what you say by default is best course of action and there is no need to discuss it any further. If it were, there would be no need to ask for the mobilization. Somewhere in the comment section someone says they only recently realized these problems by being exposed to it through HN.