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A company is completely different from a group or race of individuals. A company is a single entity (individual).

by arberx 5y ago

InitialLastName 5y ago
Not just that, but (slave labor aside) a company and its employees are voluntarily associated. Voluntary associations are the kind of thing we (as a society) are usually fine with judging people based on (as opposed to features that are relatively immutable like race).
- jdavis703 5y ago
  In many US localities it’s illegal to discriminate against military veterans. Increasingly we’re seeing police being added to lists of “protected classes” too. This attitude is (unfortunately) changing in society.
  - dragonwriter 5y ago
    > In many US localities it’s illegal to discriminate against military veterans Military veterans are federally protected against negative discrimination, and in most public employment at all levels, and many private employment contexts, are also beneficiaries of explicit positive discrimination.
  - amyjess 5y ago
    > In many US localities it’s illegal to discriminate against military veterans. We also had a draft for a very long time, and I'm sure that when these laws were put into place, there were a large portion of draftees who were at risk for being discriminated against for something they were forced by the government to do.
- chad_strategic 5y ago
  If you see slave labor, then you have an obligation to report it your local authorities. update: see above
  - lmilcin 5y ago
    Can you point to the law or are you making the law as you go? I remind you, your parent comment says "Your comment is a broad generalization, yet provides no examples of evidence." So if you point out people not putting evidence, at least demand the same standard for your own posts.
  - lovich 5y ago
    The slave labor I am aware of currently is being used by the authorities
- chad_strategic 5y ago
  If you see slave labor, then you have an obligation to report it to your local authorities, but we all know your claim is baseless. The argument is a nice collection of words that unfortunately might buy you some "street cred" or should I say give a "woke" status with your liberal college associates. This type of carefully constructed dog whistle of a comment will “level up” your points here on this echo chamber that has become Hacker news. What is amusing is when placing those words in a sentence they fail to make a valid argument. The sheer fact you used the word “immutable” clearly shows the limitation of your vocabulary. “Immutable” in a conversation about race? Somebody learned a new vocabulary word and took a break from their (python) code and posted a comment on Hacker News. Now that I have successfully wasted my time getting drawn into a senseless debate, admittedly of my own creation. I should probably check on my AWS servers and maybe later today I will order something on Amazon, well because it allows me to spend more time with my family instead of tracking down some sprinkler parts at 5 different Home Depot burning up a bunch of fossil fuels. But as will nobody reading this comment, thread or Vice article, I won’t be canceling my AWS account or prime account because of the terrible injustices of one NLBR violation that a security officer committed at an Amazon warehouse. Wasn’t it Kennedy, who said: “Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death”.
  - InitialLastName 5y ago
    The slave labor reference was an attempt to duck the troll who (absent it) would say "Slavery isn't a voluntary association with a company and X, Y, and Z are pretty much slavery so there". If you had bothered to engage with my actual point (that our social norms make it more acceptable to judge people on their voluntary associations and actions than on their involuntary features) you might be less frustrated.
    - chad_strategic 5y ago
      There might be section missing. Regardless, I stand by what I said. "I recommend you get back to Object Oriented Immutable code before your economic provider involuntary associates your comments on this website via the intersectionality and "color" privilege of bias of your comments and declares you are wasting the time of economic organization!" In plain English, get back to writing code, brogrammer.

A company is completely different from a group or race of individuals. A company is a single entity (individual).

by arberx 5y ago

A company is completely different from a group or race of individuals. A company is a single entity (individual).

Not just that, but (slave labor aside) a company and its employees are voluntarily associated. Voluntary associations are the kind of thing we (as a society) are usually fine with judging people based on (as opposed to features that are relatively immutable like race).

jdavis703 5y ago
In many US localities it’s illegal to discriminate against military veterans. Increasingly we’re seeing police being added to lists of “protected classes” too. This attitude is (unfortunately) changing in society.
- dragonwriter 5y ago
  > In many US localities it’s illegal to discriminate against military veterans Military veterans are federally protected against negative discrimination, and in most public employment at all levels, and many private employment contexts, are also beneficiaries of explicit positive discrimination.
- amyjess 5y ago
  > In many US localities it’s illegal to discriminate against military veterans. We also had a draft for a very long time, and I'm sure that when these laws were put into place, there were a large portion of draftees who were at risk for being discriminated against for something they were forced by the government to do.
chad_strategic 5y ago
If you see slave labor, then you have an obligation to report it your local authorities. update: see above
- lmilcin 5y ago
  Can you point to the law or are you making the law as you go? I remind you, your parent comment says "Your comment is a broad generalization, yet provides no examples of evidence." So if you point out people not putting evidence, at least demand the same standard for your own posts.
- lovich 5y ago
  The slave labor I am aware of currently is being used by the authorities
chad_strategic 5y ago
If you see slave labor, then you have an obligation to report it to your local authorities, but we all know your claim is baseless. The argument is a nice collection of words that unfortunately might buy you some "street cred" or should I say give a "woke" status with your liberal college associates. This type of carefully constructed dog whistle of a comment will “level up” your points here on this echo chamber that has become Hacker news. What is amusing is when placing those words in a sentence they fail to make a valid argument. The sheer fact you used the word “immutable” clearly shows the limitation of your vocabulary. “Immutable” in a conversation about race? Somebody learned a new vocabulary word and took a break from their (python) code and posted a comment on Hacker News. Now that I have successfully wasted my time getting drawn into a senseless debate, admittedly of my own creation. I should probably check on my AWS servers and maybe later today I will order something on Amazon, well because it allows me to spend more time with my family instead of tracking down some sprinkler parts at 5 different Home Depot burning up a bunch of fossil fuels. But as will nobody reading this comment, thread or Vice article, I won’t be canceling my AWS account or prime account because of the terrible injustices of one NLBR violation that a security officer committed at an Amazon warehouse. Wasn’t it Kennedy, who said: “Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death”.
- InitialLastName 5y ago
  The slave labor reference was an attempt to duck the troll who (absent it) would say "Slavery isn't a voluntary association with a company and X, Y, and Z are pretty much slavery so there". If you had bothered to engage with my actual point (that our social norms make it more acceptable to judge people on their voluntary associations and actions than on their involuntary features) you might be less frustrated.
  - chad_strategic 5y ago
    There might be section missing. Regardless, I stand by what I said. "I recommend you get back to Object Oriented Immutable code before your economic provider involuntary associates your comments on this website via the intersectionality and "color" privilege of bias of your comments and declares you are wasting the time of economic organization!" In plain English, get back to writing code, brogrammer.