He blew the whistle on Amazon. He's still paying the price

Post by runnerup » Thu, Dec 07, 2023, 1:22 PM UTC

bambax wrote: post #163

runnerup wrote: post #141

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I don’t think it’s normal human nature to assault / murder / psychologically torture / ruin the life of / etc someone who points out what your group is doing wrong. It may happen from time to time, enough that it should be a potential expected response. But just like psychopathy and schizophrenia are abnormal, so is murdering or ruining the life of a whistleblower. 1-2% of the population may be a sociopath / psychopa…

You don't think violence is part of human nature? I don't even know what to respond to that, except that it's not just socio- or psycho- or some other label of -paths. Everyone is capable of violence when threatened. Threatening the group is often perceived as worse than threatening a given individual, and will therefore induce a stronger reaction.

Post by pierat » Thu, Dec 07, 2023, 1:29 PM UTC

financltravsty wrote: post #191

ryloric wrote: post #82

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I wish HN gave me the ability to gild comments like reddit does.

I visited Reddit yesterday for the first time in a long time. I saw an interesting meme and wanted to write a long form piece of content in the comments. After I was done: I received two low-effort replies that revealed to me I have less-than-great communication skills or the readers put zero focus in active reading skills; and one reply with an axe to grind that focused on attacking me and making all sorts of assump…

Post by uconnectlol » Thu, Dec 07, 2023, 1:31 PM UTC

highwaylights wrote: post #5

One of these days I'm going to make the Internet prove to ME that IT's not a robot and see how it likes it

Post by razakel » Thu, Dec 07, 2023, 1:34 PM UTC

octacat wrote: post #45

mrweasel wrote: post #10

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The slavery and working conditions in China no longer really surprises me, what I do struggle to understand is that Western companies apparently DO NOT CARE. I can sort of accept, reluctantly, that the Chinese have a different way to thinking than I do and that I can't necessarily apply my moral code to China. What I cannot accept or understand is that the owners and managers of Western companies, who supposedly shar…

The people would be like: "If our company does not benefit from chinese slaves, someone else will and steal our profits!". Which is kinda sadly true, because Amazon does not care were the stock items come from. You can produce in countries with strong work laws, but it is just too expensive. (same with countries where we get energy resources from - they don't have ideal reputation for human rights, but they are cheap…

Post by aembleton » Thu, Dec 07, 2023, 1:40 PM UTC

MrVandemar wrote: post #145

mrweasel wrote: post #10

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The slavery and working conditions in China no longer really surprises me, what I do struggle to understand is that Western companies apparently DO NOT CARE. I can sort of accept, reluctantly, that the Chinese have a different way to thinking than I do and that I can't necessarily apply my moral code to China. What I cannot accept or understand is that the owners and managers of Western companies, who supposedly shar…

> what I do struggle to understand is that Western companies apparently DO NOT CARE. Here's what it is: in law corporations are essentially given a weird kind of personhood. It's that way so corporations can get things done. Unfortunately, corporations aren't people: they don't care, they don't have ethics, they don't have morals, they don't have values, they don't have family, they don't have a conscience. It's not…