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The number of participants in these efforts are so small and unrepresentative, to a point where it is not material and these companies should not change their d
by throwawaysea 8y ago
The number of participants in these efforts are so small and unrepresentative, to a point where it is not material and these companies should not change their direction. It is unclear to me why the media gives these stories so much attention. I have to think it starts with these activists secretly working with 1-2 journalists who are similarly politically-motivated, which then leads to the story being given prominence on a couple media outlets. And from there it makes the rounds, even though it is an undeserved amplification of a non-story.
There are FAR more employees who either do not share these same views or are OK with the company pursuing its own profit-maximizing agenda independent of employees' personal political views. For example with workers not willing to build image recognition algorithms that assist/augment the capabilities of joystick-drone-operators, I bet there are a much larger number that are totally willing to work on it, and they are signaling that by not participating in employee activism even when it is socially/professionally safe to do so.
As for the others who are not just indifferent but are for the company's actions in pursuing new opportunities - they're just not screaming about it due to the intolerance exhibited by far-left progressives at these companies, especially with all the purposeful/malicious leaking,the Twitter outrage machine, and other vicious tactics used by the intolerant activists. And as a left progressive, I think that sort of behavior undermines all of us, and should not be tolerated.
- tspike 8y agoAt what point do you consider it acceptable to speak out against something you consider ethically wrong?