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by gramstrong
2180 days ago
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Do we want hammers to be restricted to only those whose political ideologies align with ours? Yeah, why not? If you're a hammer manufacturer, then you should absolutely concern yourself with whether or not you're dealing business with ethical consumers. I think if you commit yourself to your ideal, you're either going to end up being complicit in some really nasty stuff, or end up drawing a very arbitrary "line" where you stop being apolitical. |
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> concern yourself with whether or not you're dealing
> business with ethical consumers.
What if their idea of ethics doesn't align with your idea of ethics? What if all left/right wing people are banned from using a tool? Or some other arbitrary internal measure of ethics? You're only willing to follow along with this line of thinking whilst it aligns with your interpretation of ethics.
> [..] you're either going to end up being complicit in some
> really nasty stuff, or end up drawing a very arbitrary
> "line" where you stop being apolitical.
Being neutral doesn't make you complicit. The moment you take action (for either good or bad purposes), then you become complicit.