Comment on What are the ethics behind purchasing a book from an author you don't agree with?

• CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I am fine with isolating myself from evil.

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• bitcrafter@programming.dev ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Ergo we should feel obligated to give money to people who we believe are actively harming the world?

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  • Plebcouncilman@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You are not obligated to read the book.

    You should feel obligated to nothing except to remunerate people fairly for their work if you want it.

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    • bitcrafter@programming.dev ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Sure, I am obviously not obligated to read the book, but what I was specifically responding to was the following remark:

      Yeah isolating yourself from everyone you disagree with is awesome, truly nothing bad ever comes out of it.

      which in turn was a response to the following:

      Do you have to agree with everyone you give your money to? What sort of economy would that be?

      Probably a pretty nice one, actually.

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