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0 pointsInsideOutSanta13h ago0 comments

It's both. We can point to individuals who make terrible decisions and also acknowledge that there will always be such people as long as the system incentivizes them.

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pishpash4h ago· 2 in thread

How many of index fund investors take a short position on Meta to cancel out that share? That's pretty easy to do. If it's nobody then everyone is "such people" and it is meaningless to single out any one person. Just acknowledge that there is no moral high ground for anyone. You either provide labor or capital to the enterprise, which is worse?

InsideOutSantaOP4h ago

I reject the idea that a person who doesn't do literally everything they can to improve the world is the same as one who actively makes it worse.

jazzpush23h ago

what a mindset.

I'll make sure to shame my Illumina scientist neighbor for working on tech that deliberately targets underage children (purposely violating the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act.). After all, he owns the world's most popular index fund, which includes Meta. He certainly should feel just as culpable as the Meta employees!

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