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I don't work for any of these companies, and I wanted to do so in the past, but not anymore. Maybe Microsoft is an exception, and that's open to change. I perso

I don't work for any of these companies, and I wanted to do so in the past, but not anymore. Maybe Microsoft is an exception, and that's open to change. I personally do care about the "evil" stuff they do, especially when it comes to privacy and monopolistic practices, but I would never attack or shame anyone for working their, everyone makes their own choice.

rglullis 4y ago
The "evil" things done by Big Tech are possible because of the people working there. No matter how "well-intentioned" they are, if their cushy jobs with high compensation salaries are only possible because of the lucrative "evil" things done by the company, they deserve as much scorn as their bosses.
- aetherane 4y ago
  If you work on improving security on a big tech product are you "evil"? If you work on education programs for these companies, are you evil? It is a big generalization to say everyone who works for these companies is contributing to it's evil. Most people are actually trying to make improvements for users.
  - rglullis 4y ago
    If you wouldn't do the work without the paycheck from the evil corp, you are complicit into the evil doings.
- chillacy 4y ago
  By extension what do you think about people living comfortably in the United States and benefiting economically (and indirectly helping prop) the military industrial complex?
  - rglullis 4y ago
    Do you choose where you live (and where to pay taxes) like you choose where/how you work?
    - andruby 4y ago
      Good point. Definitely not to the same degree. But to some small degree, you can choose to move. You can also chose to vote a certain way. Although with a 2 party system, especially when both seem to support the military industrial complex, you don’t really have an alternative. Sorry for the tangent: are most Americans content with a 2 party system? From the outside it feels so dysfunctional and divisive. (and, dare i say it, undemocratic)
      - rglullis 4y ago
        I am not American, though I lived there. All I can say is that this polarization is a XXI century thing. People used to look at the parties less like part of their identities and more like something that a choice of values and trade-offs. Anyway, I think that this has little to do with the main point. Left or right, the main issue is that the idea of "The Corporation" has helped tremendously to improve productivity, but it is used as a moral shield by individuals to justify their acts. No matter how high in the ladder someone is, as long as they want to go up, they are all complicit.

rglullis 4y ago

The "evil" things done by Big Tech are possible because of the people working there. No matter how "well-intentioned" they are, if their cushy jobs with high compensation salaries are only possible because of the lucrative "evil" things done by the company, they deserve as much scorn as their bosses.

aetherane 4y ago
If you work on improving security on a big tech product are you "evil"? If you work on education programs for these companies, are you evil? It is a big generalization to say everyone who works for these companies is contributing to it's evil. Most people are actually trying to make improvements for users.
- rglullis 4y ago
  If you wouldn't do the work without the paycheck from the evil corp, you are complicit into the evil doings.
chillacy 4y ago
By extension what do you think about people living comfortably in the United States and benefiting economically (and indirectly helping prop) the military industrial complex?
- rglullis 4y ago
  Do you choose where you live (and where to pay taxes) like you choose where/how you work?
  - andruby 4y ago
    Good point. Definitely not to the same degree. But to some small degree, you can choose to move. You can also chose to vote a certain way. Although with a 2 party system, especially when both seem to support the military industrial complex, you don’t really have an alternative. Sorry for the tangent: are most Americans content with a 2 party system? From the outside it feels so dysfunctional and divisive. (and, dare i say it, undemocratic)
    - rglullis 4y ago
      I am not American, though I lived there. All I can say is that this polarization is a XXI century thing. People used to look at the parties less like part of their identities and more like something that a choice of values and trade-offs. Anyway, I think that this has little to do with the main point. Left or right, the main issue is that the idea of "The Corporation" has helped tremendously to improve productivity, but it is used as a moral shield by individuals to justify their acts. No matter how high in the ladder someone is, as long as they want to go up, they are all complicit.