[bcrosby95]

It isn't just these companies. It's most of them. The number of "good" companies is minuscule. Leaving one of these companies for another slightly less evil (or maybe more evil - just less powerful) one won't result in any good being done. Modern capitalism is crooked, and these individuals can't "fix" the problem. Play the game, but work to fix it. Until it's fixed, your life depends on playing it.

[duxup]

> The number of "good" companies is minuscule.

Is it?

Most companies I've worked for aren't canceling people's talk... they're busy just running their business in pretty mundane day to day fashion.

[solipsism]

Neither Google nor Facebook cancelled anyone's talk in this case.

[duxup]

Agreed. I was more riffing off the comment I was responding to as far as what a bad company would be.

[googleryouhate]

Yeah, and they're buying ads from Google and Facebook.

[caffeine]

This logic extends to individuals. “Most” people aren’t doing any “good” by the lofty standards of people who make these statements.

So let’s just get rid of everyone?

Or maybe this is a bad standard.

[unishark]

It's a level of negativity bias which seems to be overwhelmingly widespread nowadays. Things are either pure or else evil.

I think it comes from taking the upsides for granted. So the downsides are seen as seen as unnecessary and resulting from some kind of conspiracy or luck (e.g., network effects), rather than a trade-off where a company earned its success by providing benefits people wanted in return.