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Condemning the war while being inside Russia poses grave risks to personal safety. Surely they are a software outfit, not noble heroic knights.

• siva7 3y ago
  I don't know how i would have acted in their toes but i think i would still be held morally responsible if i just say that politics is none of my business because i'm the head of a software shop while my country is trying to annex a neighbour.
  • soraminazuki 3y ago
    If the parent comment wasn't clear enough, the consequence for openly criticizing the government in Russia is death. Demanding that others be a martyr while you stay safe from harm is a bit too much, don't you think?
    • monetus 3y ago
      Iirc, the sentence is more like 5 years in prison than death.
      • soraminazuki 3y ago
        Get too much attention and it'll turn into extrajudicial killing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suspicious_deaths_of_Russian_businesspeople_(2022–2023) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suspicious_deaths_of_Russian_b...
        • monetus 3y ago
          Ah, indeed - can't be too high-profile. I watch candid interviews of random Russians on the street fairly frequently, and the fear of the sentence is nearly ubiquitous.
  • laurent123456 3y ago
    When the US illegally invaded Iraq, if I remember well people's reaction was to rename French fries to Freedom fries. I don't remember any business condemning the war.
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