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How far could you reduce this down? Do you only clap for malnourished Ethiopian babies that can't find waterthat grow up into full silicon Valley software engin

• monkpit 4mo ago
  You can be dismissive all you want, but the point is to acknowledge you don’t understand everyone’s situation and you can’t make sweeping generalizations like “I did it and I can judge you if you _didn’t_ do it”.
  • d_silin 4mo ago
    Goes both way, yes. History has examples of extremely underprivileged people not compromising on the values even when facing death or torture.
    • inigyou 4mo ago
      That value usually isn't not telling white lies of no importance in a job interview.
      • d_silin 4mo ago
        When does it stop, though? A white lie during interview, a deadline you promised and knew you could not deliver? A product you ship that claims to do X, but it doesn't?
        • inigyou 4mo ago
          All's fair in business and war.
  • account42 4mo ago
    You can also acknowledge that most people abandon their principles long before they are anywhere close to starving and will not be harmed (physically) by being reminded of that.
• imtringued 4mo ago
  To the people subscribing to "privilege theory", all positive differences are privilege and all negative differences are oppression, no matter if earned or self inflicted. That's the logical conclusion you're forced to arrive at if you take these people seriously.