To do politics or not do politics? Tech startups are divided

Re:To do politics or not do politics? Tech startups are divided by winston_smith on Sunday November 22, 2020 @10:55PM (#25183428)

Nobody's claiming perfect political neutrality. The claim is that it's bad for companies to get political in unnecessary ways. Inasmuch as Hobby Lobby decided to push their politics and religion on their employees via their healthcare package, then we shouldn't be surprised at the result.

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Re:To do politics or not do politics? Tech startups are divided by dane-pgp on Sunday November 22, 2020 @11:35PM (#25183629)

> Hobby Lobby decided to push their politics and religion on their employees via their healthcare package

And/or did the government decide to push their politics and religion on Hobby Lobby via their healthcare legislation?

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Re:To do politics or not do politics? Tech startups are divided by winston_smith on Monday November 23, 2020 @12:07AM (#25183767)

Absolutely, because politics is what government is specifically for, unlike, say, toy stores and individual people doing their non-government jobs.

(edit: not endorsing either the government's position, just saying that yes, government is exactly where we see politics being forced on things)

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Re:To do politics or not do politics? Tech startups are divided by dane-pgp on Monday November 23, 2020 @02:54AM (#25184482)

Then it's worth noting that it is easier for a person to change which employer they work for than a business owner to change which government creates laws that apply to their business.

I accept, though, that corporations are artificial constructs that exist (ostensibly) to benefit humans, and therefore placing restrictions and duties on corporations is inherently preferable to placing them on humans themselves.

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