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"Godwin himself has also criticized the overapplication of the law, claiming that it does not articulate a fallacy, but rather is intended to reduce the frequen
by Maschinesky 3y ago
"Godwin himself has also criticized the overapplication of the law, claiming that it does not articulate a fallacy, but rather is intended to reduce the frequency of inappropriate and hyperbolic comparisons. "
- bigDinosaur 3y agoIn this case it is hyperbolic. Amazon is many bad things, but Nazis they are not (I shouldn't have to say that).
- couchand 3y agoI don't think the original comparison was inapt -- the video is hard evidence of appalling and disgusting propaganda. It will not be viewed kindly by history.
- hnlmorg 3y agoA comparison doesn’t mean a literal equivalence. It means a similarity. In this case there is a similarity with regards to the propaganda. They’re not equivalent but there are definitely not unlike each other either.
- Vinnl 3y agoBut the point of the comparison is not to make Amazon/Bezos out to be Nazis; it's to point out that this practice might in the future be looked upon as an artefact of the times that hopefully no longer happen in the museum visitor's time.
- Maschinesky 3y agoAre you aware of the following? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbeit_macht_frei?wprov=sfla1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbeit_macht_frei?wprov=sfla1 In my opinion this it's very well.
- sinman 3y agoI think the gp is kind to even call this "hyperbolic". There is no comparison between Amazon and a concentration camp, just because people are worked hard at amazon. The reason Auschwitz was bad was not because people worked hard there. It was because people were enslaved and murdered there. It would be like comparing a camp site to a concentration camp, because both are "camps". The comparison yields no useful insights.
- Maschinesky 3y agoIt's about the sentiment of work and working people to death for nothing. Unions make workconditions better