• dustyb0tt0mz@lemmy.world
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    13 hours ago

    look, fuck google for many reasons, but not this. this is just keeping your head down and trying to survive the shit storm.

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      11 hours ago

      When they start rounding up trans people and deporting them to concentration camps, I’ll remember that the person shoving me into the train is just trying to keep his head down and weather the storm.

    • ERROR: Earth.exe has crashed@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      8 hours ago

      this is just keeping your head down and trying to survive the shit storm

      They aren’t a mom&pop small bussiness, they are a multi-national multi-billion dollar conglomerate that spans almost the entire world. They can afford to take the risk. They can “lobby” (aka: bribe) the government and get them to back off. Also, as far as I know, there were no legal requirement of mapmakers to change it. It’s always legal under the first amendment for mapmakers to make an “incorrect” map.

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      11 hours ago

      In nazi Germany they had a name for those who kept their heads down and tried to survive the shitstorm. They were called Nazis.

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        not true. You should read what’s written back then

        not all Germans were considered NAZIs. Heck, not all Germans were even considered Germans.

        Why is everything black/white with lemmings?

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        8 hours ago

        To be fair, you shouldn’t call everyone a nazi.

        My grandparents ran away from the Japanese soldiers during the Japanese Invasion of China. Most of their village doesn’t consider them “collaborators” or “汉奸” (Han-Traitor). They did what they had to to survive. Fleeing from conflict is not the same as collaboration. Those who fled from the Taliban shouldn’t be labeled as “Islamic Extremists”. Ukranians who fled the draft shouldn’t be labeled as “Russian Sympathizers”.

        But that’s only for individuals, civillians, not corporations or politicians. Google definitely has no excuses. But the point I’m trying to make is: unless someone actually help the fascists, they shouldn’t be labeled as “nazis”. It’s not morally wrong to give in to human survival instincts and run away from conflict. If Anne Frank successfully fled nazi Germany, you wouldn’t call her a “nazi”, right?

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          Anne Frank wasn’t “keeping her head down to avoid the shitstorm” so I wouldn’t say that’s even close to equivalent.

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        11 hours ago

        ooo. somebody’s looking to score some upvotes for their virtue signaling.

        well, i’ll tell ya what boss… how about you get out there and start killing nazi’s then. otherwise you are one (by your own reasoning)

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        sure. whatever. fuck google. i’m definitely not here to defend google.

        it’s beginning to look like there is no helping you people though. it’s like you all just got here and you’re trying to convince the oldest grognard how bad things are. like, motherfucker, i’ve been here since 9/11.

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        12 hours ago

        look, if you’re a soulless corporation just trying to deliver profits to shareholders, this is 100% the right move.

        the problem is not refusing to go along with some meaningless gesture based in ignorant nationalism. the problem is that we live in capitalism, where the right move is always the one that delivers profits. decisions lacking humanity are always going to get made. focusing on this nothingburger just distracts from the bigger picture.

        if you want results, destroy capitalism.

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          if you want results, destroy capitalism

          Says the person defending google…

          You don’t destroy capitalism by making concessions to mega-corp. If you truly want to destroy capitalism, you should be constantly taking every shot you can.

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            i’m not defending them. i’m just trying to temper your expectations. there’s a lot of uproar of pikachu shocked face stuff. it’s all symptoms of the illness. you will be slapping band aids on shit forever if you don’t attack the root cause of the illness.

            sometimes i think you all just want stuff to be outraged over. maybe you just like to post about it and get upvotes. maybe you just want to be part of an in-group.

            does that assumption bother you? because it bothers me that you think i’m pro-capitalism just because i won’t join in on your circle jerk.

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              Reading through your post history I am inferring that you believe you’re smarter than everyone (due to pretty much a complete absence of any kind of snark for about a week. I didn’t go back further than that). I don’t believe you’re very smart. You’re the type of “leftist” that causes division amongst the left. That being said; yes, I believe you’re pro-capitalist. So with that, I block you.