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by lucianbr19 hours ago |
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upvoteby zahlman18 hours ago|
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> Perhaps your awareness is lacking if you think that is the main thing to be aware of in this world.

I don't think that's what GP was saying at all.

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upvoteby lucianbr5 hours ago|
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Maybe say what you think they were saying? What is it with these maximally ambiguous comments?

To me "Are you aware of the world you live in?" suggests "If you don't even know this, you don't know anything. This is the first thing anyone should know". I'm willing to learng if they meant something else, but I guess that's asking a lot.

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upvoteby zahlman5 hours ago|
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The point is that Oracle's actions are unremarkable in the context of the existing state of the world, and that corporations are generally not concerned with the morality of their customers.

This was, to my thinking, such a straightforward interpretation that it didn't bear making explicit; and your interpretation genuinely didn't even occur to me.

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upvoteby Defletter4 hours ago|
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It doesn't surprise me that corporations [whose primary, if not sole concern is the profit motive] don't care about the morality of their customers. What I don't understand is why you're objecting to me voting with my wallet, something that's been a popular retort against progressive and humanitarian movements for at least the past two decades.
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upvoteby zahlman4 hours ago|
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> What I don't understand is why you're objecting to me voting with my wallet

I did nothing of the sort.

I simply said that I disagree with your stated motivations for your vote.

The way that you discuss your plan makes it sound as if you consider it morally incumbent upon others to follow suit. I do object to that.

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upvoteby Defletter3 hours ago|
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> I simply said that I disagree with your stated motivations for your vote.

That's a semantic distinction without a difference.

> The way that you discuss your plan makes it sound as if you consider it morally incumbent upon others to follow suit. I do object to that.

That's more or less true: I do believe that people should BDS corporations that knowingly and willingly harm humanity (eg: aid and abet genocide); that it's not within our interests to let such things slide. And while I am biased, this doesn't feel like a particularly controversial take: it feels like I'm just spelling out basic civics. But.. this is also just like my opinion, man. You do you.

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