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Re:‘I Don’t Really Want to Work for Facebook.’ Say Some Comp... by saagarjha on Thursday November 15, 2018 @06:19PM (#18464426)
Just because there are no downsides to screaming you carefully considered, morally pure opinions doesn’t make them any less valid. Actually, I’d think the opposite: someone who’s dependent on getting a job at Facebook is far more likely to be be disingenuous in their criticism of the company than someone who has no reason to filter their views.
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Re:‘I Don’t Really Want to Work for Facebook.’ Say Some Comp... by projektir on Friday November 16, 2018 @01:06AM (#18466803)
People seem to have this one backwards. They seem to think only people in the worst position get to make moral statements.

Except that's the opposite of how it works. Upholding morality requires leverage and power. Any person can be broken. That's not a good measure of validity of valid claims.

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