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By his logic you shouldn't do that either just replace "your boss" with "your customers." "don't start a business because if you do then your customers might e
by astura 8y ago
By his logic you shouldn't do that either just replace "your boss" with "your customers."
"don't start a business because if you do then your customers might eventually ask you to do something (that's legal) that you disagree with."
Except his argument is even sillier, because he's actually arguing that "might eventually" is actually "inevitably." That it's just inevitable that DARPA funded cancer research naturally turns into building cruise missiles.
- watwut 8y agoYou can refuse customer. You can not breach already written contract.
- astura 8y agoIf nobody's buying what you're selling, then you have no business.
- watwut 8y agoThat still allows you to refuse fair amount of customers. Because here, the condition is "most or all potential customers want exclusively things you don't want to do" which may happen, but is significantly less likely.
- TeMPOraL 8y agoBut then you're trading money for morality directly. For most businesses, customers are to some extent fungible, so you can afford to be a little picky if you're careful about the health of your company.