oce 🐆@jlai.lu to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-222 days agoIs a software developer working for an "evil" company more or as guilty than/as a building maintenance technician?message-squaremessage-square54fedilinkarrow-up191arrow-down114
arrow-up177arrow-down1message-squareIs a software developer working for an "evil" company more or as guilty than/as a building maintenance technician?oce 🐆@jlai.lu to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-222 days agomessage-square54fedilink
minus-squaresunzu2@thebrainbin.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down2·22 days agoGuilty? Why are you using criminal law language in context of wage slavery? Who collects the surplus value of labour, rent seeks and directs the extraction racket? Start there. You should really think about why you are framing these questions in such a manner.
minus-squareoce 🐆@jlai.luOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·22 days agoI am talking about morality rather than legality. No doubts the owners are more guilty, but that’s an easy consensus here. I’m more interested in the opinion of the many software engineers who participate here.
Guilty? Why are you using criminal law language in context of wage slavery?
Who collects the surplus value of labour, rent seeks and directs the extraction racket? Start there.
You should really think about why you are framing these questions in such a manner.
I am talking about morality rather than legality. No doubts the owners are more guilty, but that’s an easy consensus here. I’m more interested in the opinion of the many software engineers who participate here.