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Having worked in several Chinese tech co's, this is not in the least surprising to me. In one company I worked in, the CEO used the girls in the office like his
by rlglwx 8y ago
Having worked in several Chinese tech co's, this is not in the least surprising to me. In one company I worked in, the CEO used the girls in the office like his personal harem. Women are hired based on looks and age, and whether they are married or not.
The one surprising thing, to me, is that the accusations are gaining traction, which is good to hear.
- extradego 8y agoYour example, like all the ones in America, reflects ultimately an abuse of power. The (sensitive) males who were raised to respect women despite power relations, and do, are in for a rude awakening they’ll be helpless to defend against. Similar males with no power at all will suffer the most. “One bad apple, get rid of them all” has been the #metoo trend in America; and the apples are the male gender, not abusers of power. Because we are culturally tuned to only reward power, this kind of thinking is all too easy. Wouldn’t this tendency probably be multitudes more engrained in China? In the end, abuses of power remain king in the abstract, and I am not sure we should be so encouraging.
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- bad_ramen_soup 8y agoIf the traction is informationally contained to enemies of those in positions of power, that would be pretty insincere, but if they let it happen and managed to create a new standard for how people in power should act in private-- that would be good news.
- mortenjorck 8y agoThat was my first reaction as well, that this could end up in line with Xi's crackdown on corruption. As the article mentions, censors are silencing some discussions, but I wouldn't be surprised if censors let through and amplify those speaking out against abusers who also happen to be critical of Xi's government.
- stale2002 8y agoI mean, if the accusations are true, then who cares who it hurts. The injustice would be that OTHER people aren't being brought to justice, not that one group IS.
- stochastic_monk 8y agoExcept for the dangers of concentrating autocratic power. You make a good point, but context still matters.
- Eridrus 8y agoYou're getting downvoted because you're failing to see the bigger picture here, in much the same way journalists deciding "even if we got handed this by the russians, it's true, so we should publish it" is missing the bigger picture. Not to say that we shouldn't seek justice against these people, but that blindly making good local decisions may not end up with good global decisions.
- Nasrudith 8y agoWell wouldn't the reverse also be just as bad and exploitable? The classic is 'ignore misconduct because it might help 'the enemy' make us look bad' is in itself failing to see the big picture and one of the oldest ones in the book for the wicked to retain power. The proper solution morally of course is to reject false-dichotomies and oppose wrong on all sides - especially within 'your own'.
- Eridrus 8y agoYou're right, "ignore misconduct because it might help 'the enemy' make us look bad" has its own downsides, but the answer isn't "who cares who it hurts". There are many ways to deal with misconduct - letting adversaries weaponize information against your own at a time they choose with no care for the implications is probably not the best way.