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Re:Musk announces funding secured for Twitter buy by rsync on Thursday April 21, 2022 @12:40PM (#31111749)
You’ve misunderstood the analogy.

The analogy is about misusing a high minded principle to further selfish - or even morally negative - ends.

It is, indeed, a good analogy.

Re:Musk announces funding secured for Twitter buy by native_samples on Friday April 22, 2022 @05:15AM (#31119628)
He didn't misunderstand the analogy, it's obvious what was meant. He's pointing out that comparing Musk's intentions to slavery is absurd, which it is. It's a crap analogy because:

a. Nothing Musk is doing or wants to do with Twitter is immoral.

b. Even if you disagree the scale is totally wrong, but in analogies the sense of scale matters.

Re:Musk announces funding secured for Twitter buy by weakfish on Thursday April 21, 2022 @01:48PM (#31112788)
Yeah, rsync (great username) is correct in my meaning