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Sure. However, I think the poster is commenting on the insensitivity of the post by OP. No one has denied that this is not happening because it is. We can howe
by just_myles 7y ago
Sure. However, I think the poster is commenting on the insensitivity of the post by OP.
No one has denied that this is not happening because it is. We can however, comment on them in a way that is empathetic to the workers who are protesting. Never know, might come for any one of us one day.
- matz1 7y agoThe reality is appeal to empathy is imo ineffective.
- fwip 7y agoIt does seem to be ineffective on Hacker News, doesn't it? I wonder what that says about the users here.
- 50656E6973 7y agoWhen one spends the vast majority of their time working on computers with minimal human interaction, all kinds of social deficiencies arise
- just_myles 7y agoWhat do you mean? From an approach perspective? Shouldn't the first thing you do to understand the problem is to see it from the other persons perspective? Empathy is not the end all be all. It's a start.
- matz1 7y agoI'm criticizing the approach. Government is the only entity more powerful than amazon. You want change ? Imo more effective to do it through government compared with advocating boycott.
- just_myles 7y agoThank you for clarifying your point. Understood and fair. I think that of course government is one mechanism to create positive change. However, the problem with our government currently is that there are other outside factors that would get in the way (Like corporate lobbying.) of any kind of labor initiative. I will say that boycotting used to be a viable means of getting your point across (Civil right boycotts of the 60s as an example.). The problem I think nowadays is that it has lost it's teeth due to lack of a collective follow through (See the most recent Gucci boycott/"protest" from a few months ago.).