Re:San Francisco Activists Are ‘Coning’ Cruise, Waymo Robota...
by NoZebra120vClip on Friday July 07, 2023 @10:41PM
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I don't see how a putative loss of revenue causes a victimization here. A victim is an identifiable human being, with the right to life and dignity, who suffers real harm. A multibillion-dollar robotaxi AI company claims to lose a hypothetical $15 fare because their dumbass vehicle is too stupid to move? Not a victim.
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Re:San Francisco Activists Are ‘Coning’ Cruise, Waymo Robota...
by NerdiDotOrg on Friday July 07, 2023 @11:37PM
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It's not just 1 fare though and there are real employees and executives and investors in those companies
Re:San Francisco Activists Are ‘Coning’ Cruise, Waymo Robota...
by sonicshadow on Friday July 07, 2023 @11:51PM
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We did decide that corporations are people after all
Re:San Francisco Activists Are ‘Coning’ Cruise, Waymo Robota...
by seanmcdirmid on Saturday July 08, 2023 @01:43AM
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Anyone with a 401k or pension is heavily invested in these businesses, so they are at least victims to these crimes. Having destitute retirees around because the economy didn’t grow enough to support their retirements is a very bad thing.
Re:San Francisco Activists Are ‘Coning’ Cruise, Waymo Robota...
by Two4 on Saturday July 08, 2023 @01:20PM
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Anyone who speculates with 401k money on relatively risky tech stocks and startups should either be prevented from gambling with other people's money or should accept the risk to their own money.
Re:San Francisco Activists Are ‘Coning’ Cruise, Waymo Robota...
by seanmcdirmid on Saturday July 08, 2023 @01:30PM
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Most 401K money is invested in index funds, which include GM, Alphabet, Meta, etc...
These aren't victimless crimes, just that the people suffering from them are indirect (economic crimes always have victims).