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Are you not aware of the Nakba or Israel using banned weapons on civilians for decades? I'm not saying hamas' actions are justified but there is no side in this conflict that can confidently claim moral superiority.
Sure, if all it takes is raising a rainbow flag on top of the building and some words of the CEO they are all for it. But as soon as Google's bottom line is involved they behave pretty predictable.
I hope I'm not considered a troll for asking this question; I will ask on my main account and hopefully people will check my comment history to understand I am not intending to be belligerent or intentionally dumb. But why is it that rainbow flags (pride, et al) are considered the pro-Palestinian side in the conflict. I might be old but I distinctly remember a humanitarian outcry in the 00's because Palestinians were…
Source? This is the first I’m hearing of this.
Well I'm pretty sure the people protesting were aware this could be the outcome. So in that regard, I think it's very admirable for them to put their convictions over money. From the outside, I agree with their opinion. But then again, money screams and people talk. I feel like a lot of people in tech tend to be very much "not interested" when it comes to politics, even though tech and particularly these big companie…
Supporting one side or the other in such a highly contentious war is politics and anyone who tells you different simply thinks their politics is the right one.
James Damore was fired from Google[0] when he went out of his way to ensure his politics were to be kept private. What on earth did these people think would happen if they didn't attempt to keep their politics private? [0] https://www.theverge.com/2017/8/7/16111052/google-james-damo...
They either knew they were going to get fired or thought since they are in the majority position at Google they wouldn't have a punishment.
Sure, if all it takes is raising a rainbow flag on top of the building and some words of the CEO they are all for it. But as soon as Google's bottom line is involved they behave pretty predictable.
I hope I'm not considered a troll for asking this question; I will ask on my main account and hopefully people will check my comment history to understand I am not intending to be belligerent or intentionally dumb. But why is it that rainbow flags (pride, et al) are considered the pro-Palestinian side in the conflict. I might be old but I distinctly remember a humanitarian outcry in the 00's because Palestinians were…
I think this is especially the case when their tax dollars are used for this bombing.
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Why should 50 workers not be fired for disrupting the workplace to push a political agenda?
Read the article. Many of the employees fired were not even on the premises that day. This is 100% pure political reprisals, which is illegal in California.
If they facilitated its planning they aren’t being fired for their beliefs, but for their actions.
Politics essentially botched their Gemini AI release. The politics are beyond harming the company.
Now I want to bring up Time's 2019 Person of the Year, Greta Thunberg. Remember her? The teenager who spoke out for climate action, something she was widely lauded for. You don't hear much about her now even though she's still active (eg [1]). Why is that? Because she started criticizing capitalism [2].
Why do I bring her up? Because she was praised while doing performative speech over climate change and sidelined when her criticism was at odds with the bottom line.
That's exactly what's happening at Google and most other companies. They're happy to put up rainbow flags and celebrate Pride because it's performative. It doesn't affect the bottom line. It's good PR in that way.
But these protestors were demanding action that would put Google at odds with the US government policy and that cannot be tolerated. We've seen this before. Google famously pulled out of China over censorship many years ago [3] but the bottom line meant they tried (and failed) to go back in years later [4].
For the record, what I've described above (with both Greta Thunberg and Google) is simply materialist analysis.
[1]: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68749936
[2]: https://fortune.com/2023/02/13/gen-z-activist-greta-thunberg...
[3]: https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704266504575141...
[4]: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeanbaptiste/2019/07/19/confirm...
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If you disagree with the contracts your company takes on you can always quit. There is no need to make your coworkers feel threatened for just doing their job.