Where’s the Criticism tag when you need it? (Off-Topic)

by cheapLEY , Tuesday, February 06, 2018, 22:49 (2482 days ago) @ stabbim

I won't buy into it. If you want to, fine. I won't begrudge it.

But you did, though. Everyone else prior to your comment was just trying to appreciate the accomplishment of SpaceX. No one had even mentioned the car. Then you came stomping in with the Tesla part and how you don't want any part of it.

Perhaps your mistake was thinking that just because you read something about other people liking the launch, that was the same as them coming to you directly and asking you to join in liking it? Not that you're not allowed to add to a discussion, of course. But you weren't forced into it, either.

To be clear, I'm not actually mad at you, and I'm a little uncomfortable with how personal the responses got. But you seem to be under the impression that you did not instigate things, and that's not accurate.

Let me make it clear: My intention wasn't to rain on any parades. I think it's actually important to discuss the negative corporate baggage that comes along with this. We can absolutely celebrate this launch and the massive strides into space it means. I think ignoring the fact that Elon Musk used it to shill his car company with a history of overworking its employees in dangerous conditions is pretty naive and honestly probably dangerous. This isn't just me being pissy just for the hell of it, but rather because I think it's actually very important to acknowledge all the awful things this could also bring.

Everyone romanticizes getting into space and colonizing other planets and all the cool sci-fi shit we all dream of. But going to space is dangerous, and celebrating a company run by a man whose other company mistreats its workers and quashes union pushes is at least a little worrying.

Sure, my first post could have been better. I suck at this shit, but I try. At least I don't attack people for having opinions.