Re:Apple Has Opened the Backdoor to Increased Surveillance a...
by atoav on Thursday August 12, 2021 @03:51AM
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> I don't want to be that guy, but for this job there were lining up 300 more people.
All of which could decide to stand up for individual rights, but won't with similar excuses to the one you formulated.
I know in US culture some see it as a strength to be selfish, but yet they complain about the society and the politics this kind of mentality necessarily lead to. If all the others are selfish, why should I be the sucker who pays for having principles?
Because suckers with principles shape a society until they don't.
All of which could decide to stand up for individual rights, but won't with similar excuses to the one you formulated.
I know in US culture some see it as a strength to be selfish, but yet they complain about the society and the politics this kind of mentality necessarily lead to. If all the others are selfish, why should I be the sucker who pays for having principles?
Because suckers with principles shape a society until they don't.