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Re:Luigi Mangione's account has been renamed on Stack Overflow by maccard on Thursday January 09, 2025 @05:52AM (#42643982)
I have no experience with the writer of this post, but:

> You can't pick and choose.

Yes you can, when your goal is to stir the pot.

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Re:Luigi Mangione's account has been renamed on Stack Overflow by paulryanrogers on Thursday January 09, 2025 @08:13AM (#42645014)
The argument isn't over what is possible for the powerful. It's about what is right and just.
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Re:Luigi Mangione's account has been renamed on Stack Overflow by immibis on Saturday January 11, 2025 @03:35AM (#42664349)
Why should the powerful care about what's right and just?

(One reason is part of the title of this post)

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Re:Luigi Mangione's account has been renamed on Stack Overflow by paulryanrogers on Saturday January 11, 2025 @08:48AM (#42665845)
Because if enough of the powerless people agree on what is right, then they may act on that collectively. That could threaten the rich's hold on power.
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