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Google deletes “communist bandits” from comments on Youtube

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1783 points zaggynl | 2 comments | 18 May 20 15:04 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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ddevault ◴[18 May 20 15:27 UTC] No.23223542[source]▶
Google & YouTube employees on HN: how do you justify still working at this company? Enough of the cognitive dissonance. Face your choices and tell me how you square yourself with them. For shame.
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ajconway ◴[18 May 20 15:50 UTC] No.23223951[source]▶
How do you justify being a citizen of your country? (not sure what country that is, but most of them have done bad things in the past). It's possible to be a part of a large organization and not agree with its every action.
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1. scbrg ◴[18 May 20 16:21 UTC] No.23224465[source]▶
To begin with, citizenship is forced upon you. You don't have a choice about it. Yes, you can (in some cases) renounce it, though that's quite a momentous task - it involved pretty much cancelling your existing life, and takes many years. And as you say - most other countries may be worse - and the ones that aren't may not accept you either way.

Not working for Google, in particular, is extremely easy. Something that roughly 99.999% of the world's population succeeds at without even trying :-) And most people who are working for Google are also likely to be able to find another job quite easily.

The two are not comparable. At all. In any way or form.

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2. asdfgininio ◴[18 May 20 16:26 UTC] No.23224546[source]▶
This is, by the way, why I support much more open borders than we have now. There is a humanitarian case to be made, but I also have a strong desire to be able to pack up and leave when I disagree with my country's government.

I would have a stronger civic spirit if I were a willing member of my country rather than a prisoner.