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Re:Dick Costolo on leadership at Coinbase by DLay on Wednesday September 30, 2020 @11:07PM (#24646895)
>Me-first capitalists who think you can separate society from business are going to be the first people lined up against the wall and shot in the revolution. I'll happily provide video commentary.

Whelp, that’s one way to burn some bridges.

https://twitter.com/dickc/status/1311472075903647750

Re:Dick Costolo on leadership at Coinbase by throwawaysea on Wednesday September 30, 2020 @11:21PM (#24646986)
Wow that is a completely unhinged comment and seems very close to calling for violence against those who want work to be an apolitical professional environment.

Given he used to lead Twitter I have to wonder if his personal opinions are reflected in twitter’s own internal culture. Hard to trust them as a neutral platform for social discourse with such leaders at the helm.

Re:Dick Costolo on leadership at Coinbase by philwelch on Thursday October 01, 2020 @08:11AM (#24649985)
Twitter’s business model is social and political conflict.
Re:Dick Costolo on leadership at Coinbase by sebmellen on Thursday October 01, 2020 @01:29PM (#24653745)
You've nailed it. Never thought of it in those terms before, but that's exactly right.
Re:Dick Costolo on leadership at Coinbase by sebmellen on Thursday October 01, 2020 @03:16AM (#24648243)
It's crazy to think that these are the people who will lecture about ethics and morality and justice and so on.
Re:Dick Costolo on leadership at Coinbase by anm89 on Thursday October 01, 2020 @04:04AM (#24648567)
The amount of people who are OK with this kind of rhetoric is astonishing.

Ironically in the US, it's the leftist anti gun crowd who generally supports the armed revolution rhetoric. I'm not sure they've totally thought that one through.

Re:Dick Costolo on leadership at Coinbase by _bohm on Thursday October 01, 2020 @11:31AM (#24652066)
I think this is a common misconception. Views on gun control are far more varied among leftists than many will have you believe. In my experience, those who might be characterized as "anti-gun" skew much closer to the center, whereas leftists who disavow liberalism tend to be much more "pro-gun".

Not speaking on behalf of any particular viewpoint here, just stating my general observations from having interacted with people all over the political spectrum.

Re:Dick Costolo on leadership at Coinbase by philwelch on Thursday October 01, 2020 @12:32PM (#24652940)
The people who are far enough to the left to advocate literally putting people against the wall are probably “pro-gun” in a short-term instrumental sense only; they want to have guns with which to execute their enemies, but they would undoubtedly seek to disarm their enemies.
Re:Dick Costolo on leadership at Coinbase by anm89 on Thursday October 01, 2020 @05:11PM (#24656175)
I also just don't think most of them own guns. I think they more fantasize about it. I could be wrong but that's my anecdotal experience.

Meanwhile you've got center left guys in the midewest who own 19 tacticool firearms with cool skulls engraved in them because it's their hobby. Like one side of this equation has about 99% of the guns I would venture.

Re:Dick Costolo on leadership at Coinbase by anm89 on Friday October 02, 2020 @12:17PM (#24664134)
This was meant to say center right.
Re:Dick Costolo on leadership at Coinbase by philwelch on Sunday October 04, 2020 @04:47AM (#24677341)
I was wondering, thanks!
Re:Dick Costolo on leadership at Coinbase by KentLane on Thursday October 01, 2020 @01:15AM (#24647580)
The fact that our elites are saying such things openly does not augur well.