Re:To do politics or not do politics? Tech startups are divided
by ojbyrne on Sunday November 22, 2020 @08:00PM
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Much of the article talks about Coinbase, whose mission is to create “an open financial system for the world.” That’s inherently political, and if the CEO says not to engage with broader political and economic issues, he’s basically asking his employees to support the political stance that he is advancing.
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Re:To do politics or not do politics? Tech startups are divided
by PragmaticPulp on Sunday November 22, 2020 @08:09PM
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> Coinbase, whose mission is to create “an open financial system for the world.” That’s inherently political, ... he’s basically asking his employees to support the political stance that he is advancing.
No one is joining Coinbase if they're opposed to Coinbase's financial system objectives. It's not a secret.
If someone was actively opposed to Coinbase's primary business objectives, how would they even be a productive employee of Coinbase in the first place?
It's a false equivalency to try to equate the company's core business with completely unrelated political topics.