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I agree wholeheartedly the Russian government's invasion is reprehensible. It would logically follow that the implicit "consent of the governed", and close tie
by soderfoo 4y ago
I agree wholeheartedly the Russian government's invasion is reprehensible.
It would logically follow that the implicit "consent of the governed", and close ties with domestic companies merits extending this anger to Russian businesses.
But I think to myself, is this really fair? I served in the US army during the GWOT and deployed, I struggle with reconciling the atrocities of the US government with my steadfast allegiance. Even as an expat, I still hold a deep affection for the US, warts and all.
Would it be fair to harbor animus for US companies? I'd think so, if they enabled war crimes. But what if it's just an entity or subsidiary? Should that negate all the good work of employees with no connection to the company's national security or defense contracts?
Take Boeing for example [0], should we be contemptuous of every Boeing engineer because a subsidiary coordinated the CIA's extraordinary rendition torture flights?
[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeppesen#Alleged_involvement_with_CIA_extraordinary_rendition_flights https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeppesen#Alleged_involvement...
- gukov 4y agoThe russian government’s invasion is carried out by russians.
- trhway 4y ago>Take Boeing for example [0], should we be contemptuous of every Boeing engineer because a subsidiary coordinated the CIA's extraordinary rendition torture flights? If US declared a campaign of eliminating "Afghanness" or "Iraqiness" (like the Russian declaration and public celebration of eliminating of "Ukrainness"), and those Boeing engineers were celebrating those flights as part of such an elimination then definitely yes. Most of Russians do know what happens in Ukraine - their TV has been clearly and explicitly informing them about the elimination of "Ukrainness" - and they support it.