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by rangestransform 458 days ago
The only reason software engineers are able to be paid so much at all is because of “capitalism” and “free trade” I.e. vacuuming up money from the rest of the world, we sell them ads and “SaaS” and “intellectual property” while they sell us food and clothes. Would be a bad day for me personally and our profession in the US when that stops
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My ethics is not defined by what is personally beneficial for me. I don't suddenly stop thinking something is wrong just because I benefit from it.
We’ve seen what happens when the price of eggs goes up a little bit, never before seen levels of prosperity seems to be the only way to convince Americans to treat each other kindly, pick your poison I guess