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I feel the opposite. I feel I am responsible if I know the psychopath will use the money to buy a bullet and shoot someone.

I think what you're not realizing is that most people don't care. They don't care and they don't think about it. They just scaffold really weak logic to justify the whole thing and then go about their day. So when you ask them they have convoluted reasoning why they're ok with it. This blog post is that convoluted reason.

Ultimately the real reason is that we just don't care.



Most people think the comparison to an actual killer is hyperbole. These institutions are flawed, not evil.

(And if you’re going to jump in the comments about them being evil, check your privilege. None of these tech companies operate literal death squads as several non-tech companies did as recent as a few decades ago, and probably still now.)




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