Re:Shame on Y Combinator
by Dylan16807 on Tuesday October 18, 2016 @06:48PM
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There are plenty of people on this page insisting that politics should be countered only with politics, not with shunning. That can be a good policy at a small scale, don't fire people because of how they vote, etc. But it's not a good policy at a large scale, of deciding whether you work with a big corporate institution (or someone with as much money and public face as one).
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> There are plenty of people on this page insisting that politics should be countered only with politics, not with shunning
In most cases (BOCTAOE) this sounds like a good idea.
> But it's not a good policy at a large scale
What you mean by large scale? Like when you're state senator or president? Sure, you are welcome to cross that bridge when you come to it :)
Re:Shame on Y Combinator
by Dylan16807 on Tuesday October 18, 2016 @07:59PM
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> What you mean by large scale?
One qualifier would be giving a full speech at either the democrat or republican convention. That's intentionally putting yourself into the political system, and it's okay if people make business decisions based on it.
I think it's stupid to make business decisions based on just that (of course, the content of the speech matters - e.g. if you are a coal miner and the speaker says she will bankrupt coal miners, it's prudent for you to exercise extreme caution in dealing with such person). But that's not where we are at. We are at people trying to shame YC into making business decisions they obviously don't want to make based on shaming mob's political preferences.