[rayiner]

Yes and no. Politics has both procedural and substantive aspects. A company choosing not to participate in politics is taking a stand about the appropriate scope of political advocacy—where, when, and how politics should play a role in society.

Companies not choosing to participate in politics is not, as some urge, de facto support of the status quo. It’s quite possible that e.g. Twitter taking a stand on some issue actually sets things back, by creating a stronger opposition.

[tptacek]

We're kind of collapsing "politics" down a little far, right? There's "not taking a stand on the capital gains rate", and then there's "not taking a stand on whether Black people are actual people". I understand the former more than the latter. There's a line to be drawn somewhere, right? At some point on the line where you draw it, your company is IG Farben.

[mikkergp]

Politics isn’t binary. “Whether or not black people are actual people” isn’t really what’s on the table: How many black people rolled their eyes when companies released statements in support of Black Lives Matter but did nothing inside their companies to change the actual lives of black people.

[tptacek]

Lots, but that doesn't have anything to do with my point.