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by zthrowaway 6y ago
People who work at Chinese companies such as TikTok speak about how differently they are treated if they are not Chinese, you can even see this all over Blind. You can judge a culture without looking at their race.
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by zthrowaway 6y ago
This is kind of getting out of hand now no? I am disgusted by the Capitol incident and so happy to see Trump on his way out, but we really shouldn’t just go full throttle on banning anyone we don’t like politically now. Stuff like this is g
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by zthrowaway 6y ago
Did they specifically? From what I understand it was Trump, his supporters, and administration. A lot of republicans hate him and never supported him. Let’s not throw the baby out with the bath water.
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by zthrowaway 6y ago
He’s not going to be in power much longer, so there’s no harm ruffling his feathers now. They have confirmation with the Biden certification. That’s really all it is.
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by zthrowaway 6y ago
I believe the Social Dilemma documentary on Netflix answers this question pretty well.
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by zthrowaway 6y ago
Yup this is exactly the point. Everyone can throw around all the whataboutism they want in this discussion (which there will be plenty) but this remains true in the end. We’re also I’ll equipped right now to fight this, our culture is divid
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by zthrowaway 6y ago
Some of the most highly paid, privileged and marketable individuals in our industry, easily in the top 5% of income in the economy... what’s the point of this? Google employees are a far cry from the romanticized proletariat fighting agains
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by zthrowaway 6y ago
Oh they do something, they help destroy a company’s ability to compete. Take a look at unionization of the auto industry in Detroit back in the 70s and 80s which basically killed our lead in the industry and gave it to Japan and Korean comp
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by zthrowaway 6y ago
The moral demand upon organizations to make political stances needs to stop. I come to HN because it’s empty of that; makes information more free and digestible.
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by zthrowaway 6y ago
What you do online has consequences. Not everyone is going to agree with your worldview. Becoming a sex object is not a noble thing, and something you have full control over. You pulling race into this is completely irrelevant and a despera
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by zthrowaway 6y ago
The only investment being that they're selling their body for money, and generating a negative presence online that doesn't help their future career aspirations. I don't think this is a good thing to encourage young people to
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by zthrowaway 6y ago
This will not be a popular thing to point out, but trickle down theory was never an actual theory. As far as I understand nobody actually advocates for this theory on a serious level. Plenty of contemporary economists such as Joseph Stiglit