Re:Google: “Any harm Epic has suffered is not irreparable an...
by purple-again on Saturday October 03, 2020 @08:38AM
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"Whataboutism" is a silly meme from Reddit not a real problem. Comparison of the current situation with other similar, but not exact, situations is literally one of the corner stone foundations of critical thought.
Re:Google: “Any harm Epic has suffered is not irreparable an...
by pyrale on Saturday October 03, 2020 @08:52AM
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> Comparison of the current situation with other similar, but not exact, situations is literally one of the corner stone foundations of critical thought.
The issue here is not making a comparison, but calling people out for not having addressed the object of the comparison beforehand.
This is whataboutism.
Many people around here were not old enough to be interested in politics "literally decades ago". And for those who were, the hindsight we have now is a good reason to start getting interested in the issue.
> It's a store, expect the store to take a cut and if you're too successful, compete with you.
The whole point of politics is to fix outstanding issues. "It's always been like that", "suck it" or "fuck you, got mine" rarely make for convincing political speech.