Comment by dkiebd
2 days ago
I thought people here didn’t like when American companies tried to strongarm democratic governments abroad?
2 days ago
I thought people here didn’t like when American companies tried to strongarm democratic governments abroad?
1) There are multiple posters on this site, they sometimes have contradictory opinions.
2) Lots of people like it when a company does an obviously good thing, and dislike it when a company does an obviously bad thing. I guess you’ve made a happy discovery: it turns out the underlying principle was something about what the companies were trying to accomplish, rather than some reflexive “American companies are bad” silliness.
I'd like to add, it's fine and dandy to have the stance that huge corporations in general shouldn't throw their weight around to shape politics, that's still not the world we live in and that must be acknowledged.
Even if I'd rather have Wikipedia stay put, it does matter to me if they push for something I support as opposed to something that I'm against.
> the wise man bowed his head solemnly and spoke: "theres actually zero difference between good & bad things. you imbecile. you fucking moron"
Not to dismiss bee_rider's sibling comment, like at all, but: Wikimedia's nature and purpose might be distinguished from your generic "American" tech "company".
one of the good ones right
Well, it's a non-profit. Technically still a company, but that's an essential difference, to say the least!
There is more than one poster on this site; it's safe to assume there's more than one opinion.
It turns out reductionism is stupid and people have different opinions