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How far would you swallow your morals for money? (lemmy.zip)

submitted 3 weeks ago by nixukty@lemmy.zip to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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what is the furthest you'd go immorally for a fresh salary? Hell I'd work for Palantir for a nice $250k or be a manager at Evil Corporation Inc if I got a crisp $300k.

or are you a goody two shoes who will stand by your principles even if it means pain!

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[–] UpperBroccoli@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Honestly, most people working at a large corporation are not that impactful. Just a cog in the machine.

Just like any soldier in Nazi Germany's army. Being a cog in the machine does not take away the guild from killing someone, or, if we are talking about "evil" companies, from denying someone treatment, or violating someone's privacy, or...

[–] AbstractReality@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Are we really going to equate someone who might be working in accounting for Facebook to a soldier in Nazi Germany...?

[–] discocactus@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Is the American empire that far away from Hitler's body count? Or did it exceed it already in the 1800s?

[–] UpperBroccoli@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 weeks ago

Of course not, but that line of reasoning sounds similar to "I was just following orders".