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Crypto foundation demanded employees endorse suicide pledge, then fired leaders who objected, Colorado lawsuit alleges (www.denverpost.com)
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[–] als@lemmy.blahaj.zone 75 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The mandate’s visual aesthetic — the anime and other illustrations — reflected imagery from a controversial online figure who was known to promote “white nationalist ideology and disturbing pro-anorexia content,” according to the lawsuit.

When an Ethereum Foundation board member objected to the aesthetic, Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin responded that “the controversialness (sic) of those aesthetics is itself part of the point,” according to the lawsuit.

After demanding that employees agree to the mandate, Bastian Aue, co-executive director of the Ethereum Foundation, defended the suicide pledge to employees as “part of the artwork of the mandate.”

It was, he said, “a cultural reference like other elements in there. Chosen deliberately, but not meant to be taken literally.”

"We deliberately referenced white nationalism when getting you to promise suicide if you don't do as we say, but we didn't mean it"

[–] captcha@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It is unenforceable anyway, but adding that sends some signal for sure

[–] kkj@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 days ago

Well, yeah. Suicide is illegal, and any contract to commit a crime is void.