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• HardNut@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  just private companies that decided to collect everyone’s information

  This is what he said. He called them private. No, it didn’t sound like he called them private, he did call them private. It’s a distinction I consider important, so I outlined why. You’re just wrong in your characterization of what happened, straight up.

  Don’t pretend he didn’t call them private. And don’t pretend it isn’t super common to think of corporations as private entities. They’re not, and this mischaracterization affects how people think. It’s not good to base your worldview on lies.

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  • irmoz@reddthat.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The credit scores aren’t even government scores

    Their intent was quite clear, don’t try to muddy the waters.

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    • HardNut@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      You’re the one muddying the waters, intent is not the only thing that matters. He directly said private, and that has implications that make his comment come off as frankly detached from reality.

      His comment directly suggests that the government is not involved with these credit scores, which is incorrect since the white house did an executive order enforcing DEI in the federal workforce.

      His comment suggests that these companies are free from the influence of the state, which is wrong because the government has full authority to and actively incentivizes ESG credit scores.

      His comment suggests that independent private industry is strong-arming the government, when the reality is these very same scores they blame on private business are actively snuffing out non-corporate business, which will only make the problem worse

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      • irmoz@reddthat.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        He directly said private

        They also directly said “not government”

        Gonna keep ignoring that?

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