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These initiatives appear to me like the ultimate form of bikeshedding. Making real change to society is extremely hard, so instead people focus on the superfici
by Tarq0n 6y ago
These initiatives appear to me like the ultimate form of bikeshedding. Making real change to society is extremely hard, so instead people focus on the superficial and immediately available.
- emerged 6y agoReal change isn't profitable, superficial signaling is. They are doing what companies do -- finding paths to increased profit (or in these sorts of cases, avoiding loss in profits caused by threat of mob).
- HeyZuess 6y agoI don't know, maybe I have lost touch with reality, but these things seem trivial at best. It's like a form of false martyrdom. It is easy to pick apart the small things, and be offended (or extremely empathetic).