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The grandparent was asking what those purposes are, not what amount of them there are.
by nailer 5y ago
The grandparent was asking what those purposes are, not what amount of them there are.
- tshaddox 5y agoAnd I offered one place to look for an answer: one’s own purposes for engaging in this very discussion.
- yakshaving_jgt 5y agoThe logical conclusion here is that you're implying that you can't engage in a discussion without first forcing your employer to vocally take a position on the issue.
- lliamander 5y agoThey are not the same. We engaging here in this discussion are genuinely trying to influence a situation over which we have some modest influence (all the while refining our ideas and maybe even learning something). These activists primary motivation is to achieve the high the comes from exerting power over other people.
- nailer 5y agoWhatever your supposed answer is, it’s not obvious. People spending time on HN very clearly have a different purpose from people demanding their employer take a stand on some political position.