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We are complicit in our employer’s deeds

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215 points LaSombra | 2 comments | 05 May 20 13:04 UTC | HN request time: 0.402s | source
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CalRobert ◴[05 May 20 16:47 UTC] No.23082005[source]▶
Debt and healthcare are used to ensure that you don't have the freedom to walk away from immorality.

If you're in debt for your (or your kids' and/or partner's) house or education, or depend upon your employer for healthcare, you are not free to walk away. You might be able to switch jobs for something less objectionable, but so long as "not doing the immoral thing" means "my kid might not get treated for their cancer" just walking away is an option for a vanishingly small number of people.

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1. ddevault ◴[05 May 20 17:24 UTC] No.23082440[source]▶
Author here. I did not say "just walk away". This is what I said:

>A good software engineer with only a couple of years of experience under their belt can expect to have an offer within 1 or 2 months of starting their search.

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2. CalRobert ◴[05 May 20 19:20 UTC] No.23083758[source]▶
A fair point, leaving with a job offer is much different. For what it's worth I still found it easiest to speak out when young, debt free, and single.