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The politics are external. The US-Mexico border situation is a controversial, hot-button political issue that has nothing to do with software except insofar as software is a generic essential element of operations at any businesses and government agency

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Are the politics external when it’s coming from developers discussing things the industry is doing?

Yes. If you still don't understand, I am sorry I do not think I will be able to explain further.

Lets say that the developers were calling for Github to stop any associations with hospitals providing abortions, would you still say that it is fine for companies to join in on politics? This is an extremely slippery slope, if you want your democracy to function then you don't want this kind of activism to exist.

It is warranted when the democracy is failing, but as far as I know USA is still holding fair elections at regular intervals.

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