See how toxic the politically active (in the workplace) employees are: i am getting downvoted simply for saying that I would choose an apolitical company if I was looking for a job...
Assuming young white males think the same thing. They had to bring age, race, and sex in to decide what they assume the political beliefs are of the majority of the site.
When someone tells us what they think, and we dismiss it by saying that's exactly what someone of their race would be expected to think, that's racism in one of its worst manifestations.
I think the original blog post made a very important point: We may all agree that there are issues, but there is a lot of disagreement in how problems should be solved. For example, some think that you should solve problems with the system, through elections, bills, etc., while others think a violent revolution and communism is the only way forward.
Your position regarding thinking everyone who isn't political at work is naive or evil is not helping the problem. This is only alienating people who already find such aggressive and exaggerated statements wrong.
I don't disagree with your underlying feeling here, that is to say I'm on your side of the fence. But don't you think it's a bit extreme to label people sociopaths, insane, evil, incompetent, for expressing their desire to work in a place where they can focus on their craft? Your last sentence is actually really threatening as well.
I can think of many reasons people might find this appealing. They may be incredibly politically engaged in their personal life and want work to be a place of focus. They might disagree with the political solutions that their coworkers favour, which is totally okay! But it would be extremely draining for that person.
Please, start with the best interpretation of people rather than labelling broad swaths of people as wicked and mentally ill. This is a great opportunity for discussion!
> But don't you think it's a bit extreme to label people sociopaths, insane, evil, incompetent, for expressing their desire to work in a place where they can focus on their craft?
I don't think you can ever fully just 'work on your craft' without considering the consequences of what you are doing.
Do you think it would be ok to 'just focus on your craft' if you were hired to design computerized controllers for suicide bombers?
Obviously that is a ridiculous example, but it is a good demonstration of why you can't fully ignore what your work is being used for.
You don't need to care if your work is some great helper of humanity, but you do have a responsibility to make sure your work isn't evil.
> I'm sure there will be many applicants, but they'll all be sociopaths.
This is the exact kind of tone Coinbase is ejecting from their company. You thinking this is the wrong move is exactly the point. People don't want to work around people who call them "sociopaths" over not wanting to debate at work.
