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> This isn't left vs right. This is extreme moral relativism to the point of racism. The end point of a line of ethics ML research where people won't take a sta
by bgravinz 3y ago
> This isn't left vs right. This is extreme moral relativism to the point of racism. The end point of a line of ethics ML research where people won't take a stand that might offend almost anyone.
I think if you created a distribution of the people who "somewhat to strongly agree" that Elon is comparable to Hitler, that distribution would be biased to the left.
So in that sense isn't this a left vs right problem?
- light_hue_1 3y agoI don't agree that people on the left hold the notion that Elon and Hitler and comparable. So this isn't a left vs right problem. It's a moral relativism problem.
- inemesitaffia 3y agoOh I do. See the Nationalize SpaceX and Starlink and Twitter crowd
- bgravinz 3y agoYou don't think anyone on the left holds that position? Even the Hacker News crowd has previously upvoted stories like this: > [The proto-fascism of Elon Musk](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35998913 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35998913) And elsewhere around the world you have this type of stuff. > The Nation, Sept 2023: Elon Musk Is a Threat to Democracy > The Information.com, Oct 2022: Elon Musk's Management Style is a Threat to Global Democracy > Irish Examiner, Dec 2022: Why Elon Musk's Twitter takeover is a threat to democracy > CommonCause.org, Oct 2022: Elon Musk Twitter Acquisition Poses Risks to Our Democracy I find it hard to reconcile seeing all this sentiment towards him, while also asserting unequivocally that nobody on the left would compare "threat to global democracy" Elon Musk, to Hitler.