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>When are people going to stop expecting large public companies to cater to their every whim? When these companies will stop to cater to specific groups and wi
by annyeonghada 4y ago
>When are people going to stop expecting large public companies to cater to their every whim?
When these companies will stop to cater to specific groups and will stay politically neutral. The moment they started making socio-political utterances is the moment they've become a political entity not merely an economical one. And given that Google has profits that surpass the budgets of entire countries they can, they will and they have already mold society to their specific political whims: it is best for all of us that these whims are checked against to remind us that there exist alternatives to their techno-dystopian future.
- matthewmacleod 4y agoYou have to remember, however, that decisions companies make are things that people will interpret as “political” all the time - so this idea is without merit. Google providing directions to vaccination sites on a map is “political”. Providing equal benefits to same-sex couples when they can’t marry is “political”. Providing a virtual gallery that celebrates women artists over history is “political”. Too often “politically neutral” means “politically within a narrow range of values that I myself accept as uncontroversial” and hey-ho, you’re back to politics.