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samothracelast Tuesday at 5:53 PM1 replyview on HN

Whataboutism.

Are you implying that OP hypocritically supports Larry Ellison and Elon Musk? Are you implying that not supporting Larry Ellison and Elon Musk by not promoting their media or avoiding their products is absurd? Are you implying that people should hold Larry Ellison and Elon Musk accountable for US actions, but don't, and therefore doing it to other oligarchs is unfair or unreasonable?


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axuslast Tuesday at 9:54 PM

I'm OK with anyone expressing their feelings on Kapersky, Ellison, Musk, their boats, and their politics. My guess is that throwaway has similar feelings about all three.

Personally I do feel that we share guilt proportional to our contributions to the ones hurting others; and I'd be interested in the calculus of their respective moral burdens. My tax payments mean I bear 0.0000001 % of the responsibility for US government behavior.