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Yes, I would quit my job if they were taking Saudi money. My job prospects are not dire enough that I have to compromise my personal ethics. Do you only hold b
by z3c0 5y ago
Yes, I would quit my job if they were taking Saudi money. My job prospects are not dire enough that I have to compromise my personal ethics.
Do you only hold beliefs that you think people will care about? Are your principles founded on whether or not stating them will be perceived as "virtue signaling"?
- pessimizer 5y agoThis is a serious question. Have you checked? Saudi money is everywhere in tech. edit: to answer your question about my principles, they involve not inflating the importance of the dismembering of a journalist by a despot against the similar or worse, less publicized evils of other funding sources. Khashoggi isn't my issue. I cared about 100x more about the women who did the driving protests who were jailed after the Saudis loosened up laws against women driving. I cared about that while the paper that employed Khashoggi was doing intense PR on behalf of MBS in every issue.
- z3c0 5y agoYour follow-up caused me naught but a deep hopelessness for the state of activism, something I have participated in for over a decade. As I said to the other commenter: > The punchline emerges from the complacent who will allow it to happen, while patting themselves on the back for how "pragmatic" they are - not from the "armchair outrage". It appears you have no issue reaching your back.