Jason Antic

If we keep prioritizing money and greed over everything else, propping up absurd authoritarian regimes like this in the process, we're probably not going to be free to have these beautiful choices in the future. This isn't cool.https://twitter.com/stegersaurus/status/1233200333112758272 …

Another way to look at it is to say that the company is helping the people of China get access to stock photography according to the law there. People must want it. I also don’t see the logic in criticizing one company when trade with China (I+E) = 5% of US GDP.

Man dude that's a slippery slope. Just because it's "the law" doesn't mean it's right. And they can make their own service if they want stock photography + censorship. Not impossible- they have the resources. 5%? Doesn't matter- take a principled stand.

If I take a pricipled stand I have to basically not buy anything...that is the implication of the 5%...they touch almost everything in some way...the law...yes I disagree with their rule of law but I dont want to project my values on them. That slope could be slippery too.

I've answered @purpultat on this same basic point elsewhere in the thread. But tl;dr: Indecisiveness over unanswerable corner cases ("it's complicated") is worse and there's an uncomplicated answer to that. Also, what's wrong with projecting values? It's not "all relative, man"

The problem is when we put pressure on US companies not to do business in China (or elsewhere) because we disagree with GoC policies and normal Chinese people suffer (and we dont end up changing the GoC policies). Photos are just a minor example. Think food, medicine, tech etc