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I think their business is ethically dubious but there's an outsize degree of outrage compared to companies like weapons manufacturers. It's the same thing. They
by tootie 5y ago
I think their business is ethically dubious but there's an outsize degree of outrage compared to companies like weapons manufacturers. It's the same thing. They make extremely dangerous tools and sell them to governments who can optionally use them for good, evil or a bit of both. You can certainly criticize them for their role in the death of Jamal Khashoggi for example. But he only died because the government of Saudi Arabia wanted him dead. They've also had no trouble acquiring fighter jets they've used to kill thousands of Yemenis.
- arminiusreturns 5y agoPlease dont forget that the war machine now kills people based off phone metadata. That should shift your perspective a touch.
- tootie 5y agoYeah but it's like 0.001% of the people killed by conventional means. We're only flipping out because it's new. It's not like the Minneapolis police needed George Floyd's phone metadata or encrypted chats. Or that Russia was picking targets in Crimea with it. Arguably fear of spying has caused more deaths than actual spying if anti-vaxxers are being honest.