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So we DO negotiate with terrorists when it's economic...

• errantmind 6y ago
  Terrorists? I don't think that word means what you think it means
  • lostmsu 6y ago
    What will happen to the workers who defy the reopening? If they will be fired, that is terror.
    • errantmind 6y ago
      Word choice is important to communicate your thoughts: "terrorism is the use of intentional violence for political or religious purposes"
      • Gibbon1 6y ago
        Is the Cult of Musk not a religion?
        • buzzerbetrayed 6y ago
          Um... no? Do words have no meaning anymore?
          • Gibbon1 6y ago
            I'm from California, Musk and his followers seem REALLY culty to me.
      • lostmsu 6y ago
        True. And I am glad, that I did correctly use the word "terror", which you managed to misread somehow, and then blame me for your own mistake.
        • resonantjacket5 6y ago
          Are you taking everyone on ycombinator to be a fool. The previous comment talked about 'terrorism' so when you use the word 'terror' it's connected to have the same meaning.
          • lostmsu 6y ago
            The top comment explicitly said "economic terrorism". Did you have trouble understanding the meaning of that?
        • cameronbrown 6y ago
          Firing an employee is not violence.
          • lostmsu 6y ago
            Terror does not require violence. It is silencing political opponents by abuse of power assymetry.
            • cameronbrown 6y ago
              Wrong. The definition of terror is using violence to advance political goals.
              • lostmsu 6y ago
                Wikipedia disagrees: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terror_(politics) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terror_(politics)