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Congratulations for having empathy. Unfortunately, for every one of you there are twenty that would not hesitate to go straight to their nearest VC and pitch th

• pmoriarty 7y ago
  It's easy to blame founders and VC (and they certainly deserve a great share of the blame), but few of them could do anything without an army of supporters in the form of employees, and the sorry fact is that most of them have little trouble finding them. Look at companies like Facebook and Google. They thrive on advertising, and despite that and having a myriad of other ethical issues, plenty of people consider these companies to be some of the most desirable to work for in the world. How many Facebook and Google employees read threads like these and feel even the smallest pang of guilt? What percentage of those will actually take action based on what they know is right, quit, and go work for more ethical companies? There's a reason the internet is a cesspool of advertising. Most people would rather have a big fat paycheck than do what they feel is right, if they even feel that what they do is wrong.. which I bet most people who work for these companies don't.