You may disagree with the author's political beliefs, but you also aren't the subject of the author's critique. If you help design or write a portion of a prod

You may disagree with the author's political beliefs, but you also aren't the subject of the author's critique. If you help design or write a portion of a product, you are a crucial part of bringing the system into reality. If you support and believe in the mission and ends of a product, there's no issue there. The problem occurs when you work on a system that is designed to fulfill an outcome that you don't agree with, or one that you believe is bad for society. The author's thesis is clear: If you choose to contribute to the development of such a system, you cannot divorce yourself from the consequences that will follow when your work product is turned on. [edit: I'm not arguing for moral relativism; I'm trying to separate the argument from the concrete examples given in the piece.]