Comment by michaelt
7 months ago
> If a controversial rich guy offers you a CEO job that consists entirely of laundering his reputation by pretending his decisions are your own, you have a social responsibility not to take it.
I don't think you become the CEO of any major company by believing that "social responsibility" exists. Doesn't the job pretty much select for the type of person who thinks the world owes them $20+ million a year?
With that said - it's dumb to blame the puppet for the acts of the ventriloquist.
"just following orders" has been well established as no defense, and is more relevant than usual.
In a genocide context, sure. I don't think that applies here.
In general "just following orders" implies being morally bankrupt.
It’s Facebook that causes genocide, not Twitter. Funny how the left gives sick a far easier pass.