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This sounds like it would be great for an embarrassment campaign of tracking all politicians and C-levels responsible for this. Basically, it's the elonjet all

This sounds like it would be great for an embarrassment campaign of tracking all politicians and C-levels responsible for this. Basically, it's the elonjet all over again. If showing the data is legal, then highlighting specific datapoints should be as well.

blodkorv 4y ago
The ones responsible for this would not really care if you highlighted them.
- Ensorceled 4y ago
  Yes, it is time we moved away from the idea that the politicians and captains of industry responsible for things we don't like can be embarrassed into changing their ways, if they had any shame they wouldn't be part of this in the first place.
- JoachimS 4y ago
  Actually they often do. It is not that uncommom that politicians, government workers etc quit or get fired when embarrasing things are exposed. Esp if it relates to making personal economic gains from the position one has.
  - potatototoo99 4y ago
    When it becomes common it stops being embarassing.
    - JoachimS 4y ago
      That would mean a society with rampant corruption. Sweden is quite far from that [0]. Given how fast people get sacked (leave their job to pursue a long time hobby) when being publicly caught and shamed, it is still very embarrassing. We just had a community where the newly elected politicians raised their salaries quite substantially, this while unions and employee organizations try to talk about keeping the pay raise low, not trying to compensate for the current (hopefully temporary) high inflation. It took basically a day before the suggested raise was pulled back and at least one politician dropped out. [0] https://tradingeconomics.com/country-list/corruption-index https://tradingeconomics.com/country-list/corruption-index
erikrothoff 4y ago
And it is. Newspapers do this all the time. "These people earn the most in your neighbourhood!" "These people earned the most in Sweden!" "This 1 27 year old earned THIS MUCH... And nobody knows who he is!"
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marginalia_nu 4y ago
I have insight into this to say that the politicians (and police) are already embarrassed about this, but it's exceptionally tricky to fix because they're hiding behind a key precept in the Swedish constitution.

blodkorv 4y ago

The ones responsible for this would not really care if you highlighted them.

Ensorceled 4y ago
Yes, it is time we moved away from the idea that the politicians and captains of industry responsible for things we don't like can be embarrassed into changing their ways, if they had any shame they wouldn't be part of this in the first place.
JoachimS 4y ago
Actually they often do. It is not that uncommom that politicians, government workers etc quit or get fired when embarrasing things are exposed. Esp if it relates to making personal economic gains from the position one has.
- potatototoo99 4y ago
  When it becomes common it stops being embarassing.
  - JoachimS 4y ago
    That would mean a society with rampant corruption. Sweden is quite far from that [0]. Given how fast people get sacked (leave their job to pursue a long time hobby) when being publicly caught and shamed, it is still very embarrassing. We just had a community where the newly elected politicians raised their salaries quite substantially, this while unions and employee organizations try to talk about keeping the pay raise low, not trying to compensate for the current (hopefully temporary) high inflation. It took basically a day before the suggested raise was pulled back and at least one politician dropped out. [0] https://tradingeconomics.com/country-list/corruption-index https://tradingeconomics.com/country-list/corruption-index

erikrothoff 4y ago

And it is. Newspapers do this all the time. "These people earn the most in your neighbourhood!" "These people earned the most in Sweden!" "This 1 27 year old earned THIS MUCH... And nobody knows who he is!"

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marginalia_nu 4y ago

I have insight into this to say that the politicians (and police) are already embarrassed about this, but it's exceptionally tricky to fix because they're hiding behind a key precept in the Swedish constitution.