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Re:To do politics or not do politics? Tech startups are divided by adrr on Sunday November 22, 2020 @10:07PM (#25183225)
Everything you do is political. Advertising on certain channels like MSNBC or Fox News will cause some customers to boycott you. Even trying to go carbon neutral is a stance. Show gay couples in your ads, that’s also a politely statement.

Trying to remain neutral doesn’t work.

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Re:To do politics or not do politics? Tech startups are divided by winston_smith on Sunday November 22, 2020 @11:22PM (#25183560)
If everything is political and there's no such thing as neutral, then neither of those words would exist.

It's like the smartass kid who acts like he doesn't know what "clean" means because there might be a molecule of dirt somewhere.

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Re:To do politics or not do politics? Tech startups are divided by echlebek on Sunday November 22, 2020 @11:27PM (#25183585)
That's a nonsense argument. Words don't just pop out of existence if there are no instances of the things they describe.
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Re:To do politics or not do politics? Tech startups are divided by winston_smith on Sunday November 22, 2020 @11:54PM (#25183710)
The smartass kid would agree with you. Is your claim that some things used to not be political but now literally everything is?
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