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There are some causes that are worth being removed as CEO for. Lavabit founder finally is allowed to speak about this. It is enough if you threaten to shut dow
by antocv 13y ago
There are some causes that are worth being removed as CEO for. Lavabit founder finally is allowed to speak about this.
It is enough if you threaten to shut down the business to make it known to the G-men that you wont play (the totalitarian) ball. We stopped SOPA/PIPA just with a partial blackout.
But these companies didnt make a squeek. They are accomplices.
- sanderjd 13y ago> There are some causes that are worth being removed as CEO for. Yeah, but not if it's an empty gesture that doesn't change anything. Any CEO of Google both wouldn't be able to shut it down rather than comply, and would be removed for trying. It would accomplish nothing.
- lightbritefight 13y agoSo, you think the hyper publicity of a billion dollar tech darling CEO being ousted because he wanted to defend American liberties would accomplish nothing? The first thing it does is piss off one very wealthy person, whoever this CEO is. The second thing it does is piss off all of their very connected, wealthy friends. The third thing it does is serve as an egregious example of abuse to the public at large. Hmm. Wealthy, influential people with large public support? Nah, these are two things politicians don't concern themselves about.