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It isn't just these companies. It's most of them. The number of "good" companies is minuscule. Leaving one of these companies for another slightly less evil
by bcrosby95 6y ago
It isn't just these companies. It's most of them. The number of "good" companies is minuscule. Leaving one of these companies for another slightly less evil (or maybe more evil - just less powerful) one won't result in any good being done. Modern capitalism is crooked, and these individuals can't "fix" the problem. Play the game, but work to fix it. Until it's fixed, your life depends on playing it.
- duxup 6y ago> The number of "good" companies is minuscule. Is it? Most companies I've worked for aren't canceling people's talk... they're busy just running their business in pretty mundane day to day fashion.
- solipsism 6y agoNeither Google nor Facebook cancelled anyone's talk in this case.
- duxup 6y agoAgreed. I was more riffing off the comment I was responding to as far as what a bad company would be.
- googleryouhate 6y agoYeah, and they're buying ads from Google and Facebook.
- caffeine 6y agoThis logic extends to individuals. “Most” people aren’t doing any “good” by the lofty standards of people who make these statements. So let’s just get rid of everyone? Or maybe this is a bad standard.
- unishark 6y agoIt's a level of negativity bias which seems to be overwhelmingly widespread nowadays. Things are either pure or else evil. I think it comes from taking the upsides for granted. So the downsides are seen as seen as unnecessary and resulting from some kind of conspiracy or luck (e.g., network effects), rather than a trade-off where a company earned its success by providing benefits people wanted in return.