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Re:Stop Silencing Critics from MiddleEast and NorthAfrica by aaron-santos on Thursday December 17, 2020 @12:12PM (#25457555)
> Should a company be expected to obey the local government and local laws, even if they seem unjust?

Should people be expected to object the local government and local laws, even if they seem unjust? Besides the fallacy of composition, what makes companies different from people?

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Re:Stop Silencing Critics from MiddleEast and NorthAfrica by ardy42 on Thursday December 17, 2020 @01:31PM (#25458596)
> Should people be expected to object the local government and local laws, even if they seem unjust?

People are expected (though not necessarily predicted) to do the moral thing.

> Besides the fallacy of composition, what makes companies different from people?

In their purest form, companies are basically AI entities made of people engineered to replace the human conscience with bare minimum legal compliance, in order to sociopathically pursue maximum shareholder value.

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