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That’s not how this world works. Whistleblowers have their lives ruined, almost uniformly. Edward Snowden, Chelsea Manning, William Binney, Jesselyn Radack, Fra
by barry-cotter 8y ago
That’s not how this world works. Whistleblowers have their lives ruined, almost uniformly. Edward Snowden, Chelsea Manning, William Binney, Jesselyn Radack, Frank Ford, Joe Darby.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_whistleblowers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_whistleblowers
- dsfyu404ed 8y agoHe's not a whistle-blower though. He exposed the VW fraud as part of his prior job studying emissions
- AnthonBerg 8y agoMay I ask you to compare your comment with this quote from my comment: “And we haven’t yet built the kind of society that does”. Would you agree that there are indications that you did read too fast? – The necessity of world-building and world-shaping is the core of what I was attempting to convey. So we actually agree ;)
- barry-cotter 8y agoYou have hope for change in this regard. I don’t. I’m not just saying that we don’t live in that society, but that we never will. People don’t like those who hold to their principles over their fellows and people aren’t changing.
- AnthonBerg 8y agoSincere thanks for an excellent reply. It’s better than I deserve for how snarky and pseudo-clever my reply was. I don’t always have hope. I think I’ll go for “or die trying”. Build that world or die trying. Those people won’t change. 100% agree. The others can learn and adapt and curb risks and manage and mitigate and unify. Communicate. It’s possible to build small altruistic groups. I think I’m willing to expend effort on increasing the size limits.