Comment on FYI: Ed Sheeran is a scab.

elouboub@kbin.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

• Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  He’s a ridiculous successful pop star! His PR team has a PR team! There’s at least a handful of people whose sole full time job is to make sure that he doesn’t make any mistakes out of ignorance that might make him look bad.

  This was on purpose and with all pertinent information available.

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• nobleshift@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

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  • shadearg@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Hanlon’s Razor has been weaponized too many times

    And the rich, affluent, and powerful are thankful for it.

    An act of malice is a crime.
    An act of stupidity is specifically not.

    Whom does Hanlon’s Razor benefit?
    An accosted’s peace of mind, or an accoster’s ass?

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    • SCB@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      Ignorance of the law is not a defense and stupidity definitely leads to about the same amount of crimes as malice.

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• themeatbridge@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  In this case, is there a functional difference? Will this pop star suddenly realize that the workers were protesting and join them in solidarity? Or will he go back to his life and continue to ignore the problem?

  At a certain point, ignorance and malice qchievw the same effect.

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  • elouboub@kbin.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    So when you buy a phone made from slave labor, are ignorant of the fact until someone tells you about it, but buy another phone built from slave labor, are you malicious?

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    • themeatbridge@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      Yes, obviously.

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      • elouboub@kbin.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        I think you need to watch The Good Place.

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