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This is bullshit, nothing is apolitical. To pretend otherwise is the height of dishonesty. Claiming that there are no political consequences for your actions i
by aalleavitch 7y ago
This is bullshit, nothing is apolitical. To pretend otherwise is the height of dishonesty.
Claiming that there are no political consequences for your actions is simply burying your head in the sand. You have a measurable effect on the world around you. If you do something, you are responsible for the effect it has on the world around you. You don't get to just dump toxic waste into the environment and claim it's an externality so it's not your problem. Your political effect on the world is just as real as any other effect you have on the environment, you are responsible.
- andonisus 7y agoThere are political consequences for everything we do. I never said there weren't any. All I said was that I don't think we should be concerned with the politics of selling apolitical software.
- aalleavitch 7y agoRight? Imagine the horror of companies having to take strong ethical stances on the use of their software and how their company influences the world around them. If companies had to care about ensuring that the fruits of their labor had impacts that were in accordance with the moral beliefs of their employees, that might even cut into shareholder profits. The terror!
- dang 7y agoWould you please not post in the flamewar style to HN? https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html