• prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    the vast, vast majority of which is doing boring stuff like running the websites you visit.

    And a lot of the Nazis also did administrative work.

    That does not make it ok. You don’t get to pretend you’re not part of the problem simply because “well I need a job”.

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      Hi, let me introduce you to Godwin’s Law, because you’re apparently new to arguing on the internet. Sadly, at this time, you have lost any possible good faith as your argument is dumb.

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        In 2021, Harvard researchers published an article showing that the Nazi-comparison phenomenon does not occur with statistically meaningful frequency in Reddit discussions

        While it’s certainly overused, and that is trivializing and harmful; turning nazi comparisons into an immediate eye roll is also harmful.

        I can’t even count how many times leading up to 2024 that I tried explaining to people the glaring similarities between Hitler’s rise to power, his ideology, propaganda, and intentions, and those of the nascent trump administration; and people would just write me off as some hyperbolizing troglodyte.

        Now we’re in 2026 and people are finally starting to see the similarities. Too late.

        Of course, the user you’re responding to is an idiot and misapplying the analogy by making an overly broad generalization intended to harm the unionizing movement. So that’s pretty asinine and contributes to the eye-roll phenomenon.

        But I still question how helpful this “Godwin’s Law” is as a concept. Seems like something the Knesset would use to evade nazi comparisons…

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      Yeah, but not all administrative work is for Nazi Germany, that’s his point. Unicef has a website, not sure I could confidently call their engineers Nazis.

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        I think you misunderstood. I didn’t suggest all administrators were Nazis.

        I was saying that administrators existed in the Nazi regime, and they are not excused simply because they never personally pulled a trigger.

        My point was about people working in the tech industry, not sure why you’re bringing up UNICEF

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          Their point is it’s a job title and working for the worst offenders in big tech isn’t entailed in that. You can work in tech by writing surveillance software for Palantir or you can work in tech by being the website admin for UNICEF. Both are tech workers, but only one is part of the problem.

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              And some steel workers wild tanks, some auto workers are contracted for government vehicles, email providers facilitate global pedophile rings.

              It’s weird to make the claim in general because… yeah, every job might have people doing evil things in some section of the industry. Tearing down unions only supports the rich and the evil