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No - the point is not "Let's hear Yagan's reason for donating" - the point is: why are we making political opinions an issue for tech CEOs? Do we really want a
by epaga 13y ago
No - the point is not "Let's hear Yagan's reason for donating" - the point is: why are we making political opinions an issue for tech CEOs?
Do we really want a world where where CEOs' personal political donations (from years past!) are sifted through to find the latest faux pas so we can pressure them to answer for themselves?
- matthewmacleod 13y agoNot "political opinions," but "active participation in political movements." And do you think tech is somehow exempt from this? It's hardly uncommon for CEOs to be subject to pressure because of their political views; doubly so in situations like this where they perform a significant non-commercial role. So I'm actually pretty happy that CEOs are subject to public scrutiny.
- lern_too_spel 13y agoIt's interesting that you use the euphemism "political opinion" for oppression. The reason this was an issue for Mozilla was not because people have strongly held views on carbon permits vs. carbon taxes but because Eich went out of his way to help take rights away from an already oppressed group. This is truly disgusting behavior that many people (not just gays) rightfully wanted to distance themselves from. The fact that Mozilla draws most of its contributors from progressive engineers put the organization on the brink of an existential crisis, which is more than Eich could overcome with any of his technical plans as CEO, no matter how well thought out those technical plans might be. He had to fix that situation by admitting he was wrong. He didn't, making him an unsuitable CEO.