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Re:A follow up to Coinbase being a mission focused company by BurningFrog on Thursday October 08, 2020 @03:50PM (#24723098)
Being apolitical in the workplace is a way of making it possible to work together for a common goal with people who are very different than you and have very different opinions.

You can still be very politically active on your own time.

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Re:A follow up to Coinbase being a mission focused company by Pfhreak on Friday October 09, 2020 @04:06PM (#24733877)
You've misunderstood. Not all politics belong in work, but all work is political.

You cannot escape politics in work, because every workplace is making decisions about benefits, wages, their use of energy, who they hire, who they donate to, how accessible their products are, etc. All of which have a political component.

An aluminum smelter, for instance, uses lots of electricity. How they choose to source that electricity is absolutely a politically linked decision.

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