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I think people generally mention accountability when it suits them, specifically when it suits their group morals. Accountability to me is that the government
by kodah 6y ago
I think people generally mention accountability when it suits them, specifically when it suits their group morals.
Accountability to me is that the government teaches them a lesson, some company doesn't need to jump in line to punish them for me to feel satiated -- that job is done by the government. Moral communities are just that though, tiny groups that would like to exercise their power and worldliness on others in pursuit of their utopian society free from democracy and government oversight. Having come from a repressive religion, I have no argument against why this paradigm is flawed, but maybe it takes the eyes of someone who has lived that to see it.
- TameAntelope 6y agoSo you think companies are acting in a moral interest and not in perceived financial interest?
- kodah 6y agoI think the financial interest is connected to moral interest.
- TameAntelope 6y agoThe responsibility starts to fuzz when you try to follow that thread. It's clearly with the company executing the decision to remove someone from their platform, but trying to decipher whether or not what they're doing is a financial or moral decision (despite their claims, that's part of the financial choice) becomes fairly pointless. If you want to rail against a changing society, that seems like a waste of time. If you want to rail against a specific set of companies who have acted in a specific way, I think that's more productive and addressable.