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I suspect that everyone makes some moral compromises. It's difficult to avoid in an oligopolistic world run by the immoral.
For example, I help to prop up the App Store and Apple. I'm only 1 of millions or billions, but still. I also patronize some other large corporations that have been criticized for various reasons.
I think we should direct our ire more toward the relatively powerful who create the perverse incentives, less on the relatively powerless living under those perverse incentives.
@lapcatsoftware @alcinnz Yes, but I also see people saying “Oh well there’s no morally perfect option and I can’t do anything about the powerful, therefore I needn’t do anything to try to make better moral choices”. Personal action and ire towards the powerful aren’t either/or.
@mathew @lapcatsoftware Yes, its vital not to go into any extremes here!
One thing I appreciated hearing in an interview I boosted this morning stated that taking personal action can help open us up to regulation enforcing what we've already chosen to do. But at the same time its more fruitful to direct your ire towards those actually doing the harm, rather than ordinary people engaging with it.
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