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you can't really escape politics and ideology. What you can do, is to not be petty with your public contributions. As the parent example states, while somebody
by beaconstudios 5y ago
you can't really escape politics and ideology. What you can do, is to not be petty with your public contributions. As the parent example states, while somebody /could/ embed malware into their software that targets Texans, this falls under the pre-existing social doctrine of a "dick move". These things exist on a scale from "exclude government/corporate entities from your software license" to "try to fuck up random people's hard drives" and vary widely in terms of validity.
- BaronVonSteuben 5y agoI think the main problem is that we are increasingly operating with different definitions of "dick move." To many people, the idea that a small business owner would have their store burned to the ground because someone else in their town (or on the other side of their country) did something bad, is a massive dick move. Yet, this happened numerous times during the summer of BLM in 2020 and it was widely defended with things like, "everything is political" and "not to take a side is to take a side" and "you're either with us or you're against us" and "mostly peaceful protests." There was even a famous "looting is reparations" in articles and at least one book called "In Defense of Looting."
- beaconstudios 5y agoIf anybody is defending burning down small businesses as part of BLM, I can promise you they're in the vast minority.