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You are attacking something the author did not say. I will assume that this strawman was unintentional (if I were to instead assume that you were acting in bad
by pietroglyph 7y ago
You are attacking something the author did not say. I will assume that this strawman was unintentional (if I were to instead assume that you were acting in bad faith then there would no point responding to you; if you are in fact acting in bad faith, please take a moment to consider why it is that your argument requires a distortion of the truth to be defensible).
The author does say that trespassing on private property, owned by corporations, is not wrong like other forms of "trespass" may be. His argument has one critical nuance that you ignore, however: he says that trespass is not wrong when it is an act that reclaims fundamentally public spaces from private ownership to make them accessible to everyone. A park, a corner between two buildings, and even a view of the city are deeply public things.
Your office (especially the specific area in which you work and the items there) are not, and have never been, public spaces. These specific areas and items are also (by most interpretations) private property, which is another criterion that author has for property that should not be violated. To say that the author suggests that your office should be trespassed upon is an assertion ignorant of these components of the author's argument.
- sandoooo 7y agoThe author also singles out a corporation for owning a large number of prestigious offices (quote below). Why do you think that is?
- terryf 7y agoQuote from the article: "Needless to say, this kind of trespassing is usually bad, unless you’re breaking into one of Jeff Bezos’ homes." So it's ok to break into your house as long as you are very rich?
- cerberusss 7y agoRumor has it, that Jeff Bezos has homes that are being renovated for years on end, and that aren't used for living in. I think that's what the author meant.
- sandoooo 7y agoI think he means it's ok so long as the building project is falling massively behind schedule. Crappy builders need to be punished somehow, and the easiest way is to strike terror into the hearts of their clients.
- praptak 7y agoPeople breaking into one of my many unused houses? I'd say it's a nice problem to have.
- terryf 7y agoI don't have many unused houses, however my family does have a tiny summer cottage that we don't use in the winter since it's not insulated and so on. Coming to it in the spring and finding that some kids decided to have a party in there and almost burned it down wasn't exactly a nice feeling. I certainly hope that it doesn't happen to anyone else, including mr Bezos, however much you may disagree with his business practices.
- sandoooo 7y agowell, so long as they don't mistakenly break into Jeff's actually-occupied house and accidentally traumatize his wife and kids, I suppose he'd be pretty chill about it.
- big_chungus 7y agoThis is a really awful attitude. It's not okay to break into people's stuff, even if he's "mister evil big-corp". Especially since kids having parties tend to leave a horrible mess. Stuff usually gets stolen, too. There's a deep sense of personal violation that comes from having one's house broken into; while that is probably lesser for people with more than one house, it's still wrong. Most people who support this sort of thing wouldn't loan their houses out for parties, I notice; if one wouldn't lone out his own house, why might he think it better to loan out Mr. Bezos'?
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- arrrg 7y agoThat’s an actual joke. Also one that’s kicking up (as opposed to one simply reproducing, say, racism or sexism), so I’m quite ok with it.
- pietrovismara 7y agoYes. Or at least, it wouldn't be nearly as bad as the working class exploitation and public resources theft through tax evasion the super rich practice daily. But don't worry, the super rich houses are very well guarded, no way they'll let any lowlife or hip explorer in.
- kortilla 7y agoDon’t waste your time and everyone else’s time spending nearly a paragraph with a bad faith disclaimer. It’s super annoying to read so many arguments with “assuming you’re acting in good faith” bullshit.