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Re:Gitlab: don't discuss politics at work by ProAm on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @06:25PM (#21276662)
While I largely agree, history has shown this wont fair well for humanity either. Look at IBM and the Holocaust [1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_and_the_Holocaust

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Re:Gitlab: don't discuss politics at work by eeZah7Ux on Thursday October 17, 2019 @05:56AM (#21280358)
The flurry of downvotes is telling.
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Re:Gitlab: don't discuss politics at work by ProAm on Thursday October 17, 2019 @11:30AM (#21283110)
> The flurry of downvotes is telling.

Im not sure I understand the comment?

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Re:Gitlab: don't discuss politics at work by V-2 on Thursday October 17, 2019 @06:08AM (#21280422)
That comment didn't exactly add much value to discussion, given that this exact (and fairly obvious) example is prominently featured in the article, under a headline "Historical precedent".

> If you can see how people might respond to IBM, infamous for providing technology that helped the Nazis in World War II [...]

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