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Work at Google. Work at Facebook. Work at Palantir. Heck, work at Phillip Morris or Exxon Mobil or Halliburton. But don’t you dare be proud of it. And don’t you dare tell me you’re working to bring about a better world for everyday people. Don’t you fucking even dare.
@aral I get people having to work to make money.
But frankly, I think people working at those places should try to be looking for other jobs.
@aral But the evilcorp I work at invest 0,00001% of their tax evasion in a local cat shelter that is doing important work! What more could you possibly want!
@jfml
They've probably got a PR consultant (who gets more money than the cat shelter) telling them it's good for their image...
Seriously, there *are* companies whose owners are trying to accomplish genuinely good things while also making a living for themselves and their employees. But the current corporate/regulatory landscape does not make that easy, and it's incredibly easy to compromise your ideals for money. Even easier to just make some token effort for publicity's sake.
@aral
Niklas @aral I'd rather not work at all than work for those assholes,no matter how much they pay.
@aral like a buddy of mine said at my work, never be loyal to a company. Always be after yourself. These big corporations can be just as bad as governments. They just don't have guns
Billions of "users" are working for Google, Facebook etc.
24/7.
For free. FOR FREE!
Just by using their platforms.
That sounds like a monologue from a Trainspotting intro meme...
@aktivismoEstasMiaLuo @yarmo Oh, indeed, that’s why I’m going to work for Saudi Aramco. I mean, yeah, the high six figure salary and stock options are a factor but mostly, it’s to stick it to the man. 
@yarmo @aral He printed piles of docs, attended meetings, mirrored the jargon, & managed to fool everyone around him for 3 months until a reckoning where ppl realized he didn't even know how to code.. at which point he was escorted out. He was simply good at adapting to his environment and pulling a con for money, & he certainly could have sold docs to the competitor.
@aktivismoEstasMiaLuo @yarmo Right, well, sabotage is an option, of course. But 99.99999% of folks “working for change from the inside” are just picking up a pay cheque and making themselves feel better about it.