> It's not okay to casually appreciate the vacation pictures of a corrupt Russian oligarch
This is totally incoherent and nonsensical. There is no moral case for this and you are making a purely emotional remark.
This is totally incoherent and nonsensical. There is no moral case for this and you are making a purely emotional remark.
Would you buy an art book by a Nazi officer in 1942? After all, the officer would only receive a very small portion of the proceeds of the book, in reality providing an infinitesimal benefit to the Nazi party itself. Would you recommend said book to people you know? After all, you wouldn't be providing even that tiny amount of material support. And after all, it's simply the creative work of another human, unrelated to the war or atrocities, not representing the interests of the Nazi party itself.
I'm sure that there are plenty of people that will show up to argue that actually, yes, they would gladly buy the book if they liked it and they would recommend it. And some will have the logical devices to show that there are no moral obligations involved. I disagree. Generally speaking, each of us only have tiny levers to pull, and we should pull them.
So why should it be morally ok to show support/better the public image/engage with a party that is supporting/purporting some huge morally bad things?
My reasoning is as follows, I wonder where you wouldn't agree:
A: You shouldn't support people doing morally bad stuff
B: Someone supporting morally bad things is morally bad
B.2: Sharing/Engaging with them shows support and betters their public image
C: Kaspersky is an oligarch supporting stuff that is morally wrong
D: So you shouldn't support him by driving engagement to his site