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>we knew it wouldn't change anything. We'd just be replaced by someone that would. Ye goode olde self-fulfilling prophecy.
by IngvarLynn 5y ago
>we knew it wouldn't change anything. We'd just be replaced by someone that would.
Ye goode olde self-fulfilling prophecy.
- fridif 5y agoI think history has proven that there will always be someone willing to do what hundreds of millions of people wont
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- dwaltrip 5y agoCertain bad things that people used to do don't happen anymore. This must mean that, in general, actions really do matter -- even if it is very hard to know ahead of time which ones will have a significant impact.
- newsclues 5y agoIf I need a job, if the money is right my ethics are negotiable. This is the norm.
- saurik 5y agoSure; but then don't also try to justify the action by saying someone else would have done it in your place? "I need a job, even an unethical one, and refuse to feel bad about that" is a completely different argument than "I would have been replaced by someone who would have done the same, and so don't need to feel bad about it".