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>>pabs3+(OP)
Blaming the engineers themselves?

>>k4rli+C4
They are the ones doing the work. They certainly have a choice not to.

>>Modern+z5
The same engineers doing this in exchange for money, healthcare, etc to put food on their tables and provide for their families?

Not everyone has the ability to act on said 'choice' and risk their jobs, income, benefits.

>>rovr13+J6
If anyone does, it’s Google engineers. How much are they paid again? $100k? $200k? $300k? Seriously they have no agency here?

>>Modern+m7
How much is the cost of living? Lifestyle creep? Do they have anyone at home sick and they're the only ones working while also living in a high cost of living area?

It's not that easy.

>>rovr13+k8
I'm not joking when I say it's very hard to tell whether you're sarcastically making fun of the facetious arguments they could hypothetically put forth or if you're serious.

>>maeil+Na
I don't work at Google. I know of people that have the circumstances I've mentioned.

Some that help their parents, some that have kids, some that have sick spouses, some that brought their parents to live with them and support them due to health issues, some that have work visas.

I am simply saying that even though the right thing to do would be refusing, you also have to consider everyone's life circumstances when they make decisions.

The fact that they make $100k, $200k, $300k like another comment said means that they don't just need a job, they need a job making roughly the same amount of money and having the same benefits to be able to risk getting fired.

My original comment I wrote it so that we wouldn't just place everyone in the same group and generalize. It's not necessarily always as easy as refusing and risking your job. You're risking whoever else you support for example.