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"It's the first such flag-raise I've seen." I was dripping with disdain and sarcasm as I clicked "reply" but I actually want to engage you and have you serious
by rsync 4y ago
"It's the first such flag-raise I've seen."
I was dripping with disdain and sarcasm as I clicked "reply" but I actually want to engage you and have you seriously consider the history of oil and gas exploration and extraction.
This may, in fact, be a first for a US tech company ... but not in any way whatsoever a first for a business interest or corporation, etc.
This is also a very tame, roundabout and implied flag-raise - as opposed to "... summary execution, crimes against humanity, torture, inhumane treatment and arbitrary arrest and detention ...":
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Saro-Wiwa#Family_lawsuits_against_Royal_Dutch_Shell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Saro-Wiwa#Family_lawsuits_...
- the_other 4y agoGood points. I had not thought about oil at all. I’ve become aware through light skimming that wars, coups and similar incursions have occurred around other resources. This feeds into the point I was aiming at. The tech megacorps now have tooling to protect a narrow aspect of their customers lives from state incursion, regardless of which country that customer live in. I’ve not read the link you shared yet, so I don’t know the angle it takes or the angle you want to dig into my ideas from. Thanks for sparing me the satcasm.