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They’re also bad, and the author never said otherwise. Why engage in whataboutism here?
by badrequest 6y ago
They’re also bad, and the author never said otherwise. Why engage in whataboutism here?
- dmurray 6y agoWell, one point is that it's almost impossible to do for-profit work without benefiting someone who's a little bit evil (certainly if you feel all those entities are "also bad"). If we could instead pick 4 or 5 regimes that we consider to be the standard Bad Guys, with the benefit of history and a Western viewpoint, and just say it's clearly evil to work directly for them - then the author's thesis is much less valid.
- einpoklum 6y agoBecause it may change the default: Perhaps you're more likely to end up doing immoral than moral work / working for an immoral, violent, indirectly-homicidal organization. The esoteric clients like Gadaffi rare.