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Freedom from oppression is not an American value, and Americans need to stop thinking that. It is a universal value, cherished by people all over the world, inc
by lovasoa 5y ago
Freedom from oppression is not an American value, and Americans need to stop thinking that. It is a universal value, cherished by people all over the world, including in Russia. The russian people is being taken advantage of by a small oligarchy that steals their resources, and the app that Google and Apple removed was supposed to help them transition to more democracy during the upcoming elections.
The outrage is perfectly justified.
- mrtksn 5y agoIf there's something that Russians don't like, they need to fix it themselves. You should Google Afghanistan, or pretty much any Middle-Eastern country that was liberated by the Americans. See how well it ended.
- glacia01 5y agoWhy the fuck americans think it's all about them? This news is about an app, no one is asking USA to bomb putin for fuck sake.
- lovasoa 5y agoThey are fixing it themselves. And in the process of fixing it, they made an app. Google and Apple prevented the distribution of this app.
- mrtksn 5y ago> Google and Apple prevented the distribution of this app. The Russian government made them. Please don’t twist the causality chain to push an agenda.
- lovasoa 5y agoThe regime asked them to, and at that point, they had the choice between siding with the regime, or the people. They chose the regime.
- mrtksn 5y agoHow a company sides with people instead of the regime that governs the country? Describe please.
- lovasoa 5y agoBy not deleting the app.
- mrtksn 5y agoWhich is means, employees of Apple in Russia go to jail, accounts frozen, offices raided, documents and equipment seized, sales of iPhone banned, access to Apple servers blocked. What do you achieve with this?
- lostmsu 5y agoThe app is up. Have you ever heard about a butterfly effect? And this is not even a butterfly's wing flap.
- mrtksn 5y agoThat’s something that the public would do. It’s not up to the corporations. Govt says take that down, the company takes it down, public outrage ensues, govt takes a step back, the company brings it back. The good thing about governments is that you actually pick the management. Even in not so democratic places it is common and acceptable to take down poor managers through any means. With companies, you only can hope that the CEO is capable and ethical. That’s why it’s not OK for them to go extralegal. They are supposed to function within the law and their obligations are to the shareholders.
- lostmsu 5y ago> That’s something that the public would do. It’s not up to the corporations. Corporations consist of people.