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Good for you if this stance helps you. But ultimately the world is more complex. Do you judge a given country population by the act of their leader? Because yo
by sbergot 8y ago
Good for you if this stance helps you. But ultimately the world is more complex.
Do you judge a given country population by the act of their leader? Because you have no reason to care how a given country divide its stuff. If a country does something that must mean that everyone in this country support this thing right?
- pbhjpbhj 8y agoYou've got the analogy backwards: If people act malevolently, encouraged by the leader of the country, then that leader is bad, and the country is bad because of that leader (and their associates who could stop the malevolence). It doesn't matter that in some small corner of the country there's a grandad baking cupcakes for orphans, the country isn't saved from the malevolence (or ignorance) of their leaders by that. You can give countries aid to convince them you're nice; but if your leadership is countenancing selling armaments to the Saudis -- knowing they're using them against civilians -- then they're corrupt. All companies who want to do some evil for profit also take part in window dressing, it salves their own consciences and acts as PR.
- phyzome 8y agoCountries do not get to choose who their citizens are (and the ones we do are generally considered hellholes). But companies have the power to set policy, and the power to hire and fire. So yeah, I get to judge the company by what its parts repeatedly do.