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Presumably ICE buys light bulbs. Should we also call out light bulb manufacturers and distributors for “working with ICE”? It’s not about politics for me, but
by hamandcheese 7y ago
Presumably ICE buys light bulbs. Should we also call out light bulb manufacturers and distributors for “working with ICE”?
It’s not about politics for me, but rather the viewpoint that companies shouldn’t be the moral police of their customers.
- geofft 7y agoI mean, I'm open to discussing whether we should or shouldn't, but I think it's not an off-topic discussion!
- DennisAleynikov 7y agopretty off topic to bring up customers of a lightbulb factory to shame them for selling headlamps to tanks...
- geofft 7y agoAll right, point taken - this is a politically incorrect discussion and we should be self-censoring ourselves.
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- euroq 7y agoNo, your comment just doesn't make sense. Lightbulb manufacturers are not responsible for wars because tanks have lightbulbs in them, and GitHub is not responsible for all the harm in the world either because some bad actors use GitHub.
- geofft 7y agoSorry, I can't even discuss this with you. I rather disagree - this is what the whole "military-industrial complex" is about - but it's off-topic and forbidden.
- jholman 7y agoThis is totally not what the "military-industrial complex" is about. Wow. The MIC concept is a specific application of the general idea of regulatory capture of policymakers to the vertical of defence contracting. This is nothing like that: the corporation here isn't a defence contractor and they're not bribing the government. It fits 0%.
- DagAgren 7y agoIf they do so directly, then yes, most certainly.