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>For society to function, people need to be willing to work with others whose politics they find distasteful. Why? I am not on some high horse here, I am not

>For society to function, people need to be willing to work with others whose politics they find distasteful. Why? I am not on some high horse here, I am not sure what I would be willing to put up with if I had no other options but I certainly prefer working with companies that have values that are aligned with my own.

SpicyLemonZest 6y ago
Because otherwise it becomes impossible to truly engage in politics. If everyone sorts themselves into liberal companies that only allow liberal values and conservative companies that only allow conservative values, how are we supposed to have an honest debate on anything?
- testbot123 6y ago
  I don't need to engage in politics in my workplace. I can work with people with differing political opinions in terms of activism and advocacy, though. "Liberal" and "conservative" aren't the only political flavors, either. Lots of leftist activists don't work with liberals and lots of right-wing activists don't work with conservatives, for example. It's also difficult to work with someone whose beliefs conflict too much with your own or whose views are dehumanizing (like, I wouldn't want to work with someone who regards themselves as superior because of their race).
- romanows 6y ago
  How about sorting by companies that support honest debate versus those that don't? From the post, "Facebook will keep moving the goalposts..."
- jaycroft 6y ago
  If everyone were to sort themselves into companies that were anti-genocide and pro-genocide, how could we ever have an honest debate on anything?
kortilla 6y ago
Because unless you are a bootlicker (or the company is yours), the company cannot possibly have all of the same values as you. There are too many actions that are political when they come down to it (pricing products, marketing products, choosing partners, choosing tools, choosing customers, choosing features, choosing charities, etc). There is no possible way that all of them are going to align with your views. The reason that works is that you’re just able to not care that they don’t.

SpicyLemonZest 6y ago

Because otherwise it becomes impossible to truly engage in politics. If everyone sorts themselves into liberal companies that only allow liberal values and conservative companies that only allow conservative values, how are we supposed to have an honest debate on anything?

testbot123 6y ago
I don't need to engage in politics in my workplace. I can work with people with differing political opinions in terms of activism and advocacy, though. "Liberal" and "conservative" aren't the only political flavors, either. Lots of leftist activists don't work with liberals and lots of right-wing activists don't work with conservatives, for example. It's also difficult to work with someone whose beliefs conflict too much with your own or whose views are dehumanizing (like, I wouldn't want to work with someone who regards themselves as superior because of their race).
romanows 6y ago
How about sorting by companies that support honest debate versus those that don't? From the post, "Facebook will keep moving the goalposts..."
jaycroft 6y ago
If everyone were to sort themselves into companies that were anti-genocide and pro-genocide, how could we ever have an honest debate on anything?

kortilla 6y ago

Because unless you are a bootlicker (or the company is yours), the company cannot possibly have all of the same values as you. There are too many actions that are political when they come down to it (pricing products, marketing products, choosing partners, choosing tools, choosing customers, choosing features, choosing charities, etc). There is no possible way that all of them are going to align with your views. The reason that works is that you’re just able to not care that they don’t.