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“Me-first capitalists who think you can separate society from business are going to be the first people lined up against the wall and shot in the revolution,” he tweeted. “I'll happily provide video commentary.”[0] - Dick Costolo, former Twitter CEO

[0]https://www.forbes.com/sites/abrambrown/2020/10/01/some-busi...



Context: he's not saying he'll start a revolution, he's saying one is coming regardless. And he doesn't want to be shot as a rich person. Maybe he also doesn't like how tech tends to ignore the consequences of the decisions they make.

Bad example of leftism run amok and off target


> people will be shot

> “I’ll happily provide video commentary”

And your knee-jerk response is to defend other parts of his statement? It’s a perfect example of leftism amok because it’s a common one I’ve increasingly heard over the past few years about the indifference or glee to rich people dying.

We can easily flip this into a right-wing statement and it will be highly disapproved of.

“Right wing nationalists will think your statements excuse leftist tendencies towards violence, and shoot your for this in an uprising. I’ll happily provide commentary.”


No my knee reaction is not to have a knee jerk reaction.

Turnabout, sure, let's look at it. Your version of the statement hits me the same way as the original.

Kudos for that, btw. It's a really good equivalent statement.




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