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Doesn't the electric company help too? What about taxes, that also helps fund ICE. Amazon doesn't pay its taxes so I suppose it's against ICE in a way too..
by sfcguyus 8y ago
Doesn't the electric company help too? What about taxes, that also helps fund ICE. Amazon doesn't pay its taxes so I suppose it's against ICE in a way too..
- notafraudster 8y agoI assume you know that there is probably some continuum of culpability between, say, being a cafeteria vendor that sells 7up to ICE employees and being a technology company that provides surveillance technology or support to ICE. There is also a continuum in criticism between writing a relatively tame op-ed complaining that a company supports ICE and, like, burning down their headquarters. And it's not like anyone is asking Amazon to scan S3 bucket registrations to try to reject any from the US government; we're talking about high level, mega-million dollar sales efforts, products specifically targeted for the government surveillance audience, and company participation in training. So it is very feasible for Amazon to make a choice to do or not do this stuff without a lot of monitoring overhead. I feel embarrassed articulating the above because it is so obvious, which makes me wonder if the parent comment is really in good faith to begin with.
- basic1 8y agoI'm not familiar with the ICE dog-whistle, what are they culpable for?
- maccio92 8y agoAccording to the left, deporting illegal immigrants who are breaking the law is a bad thing and we should therefore abolish ICE.
- parkaman 8y agoI don't see anything in either the Daily News article or the report it links to that directly connects Amazon to "mega-million dollar sales efforts, products specifically targeted for the government surveillance audience, and company participation in training."
- sfcguyus 8y ago> I feel embarrassed articulating the above because it is so obvious It really isn't obvious. What exactly is wrong with it, specifically?