> The problem here is that Google sold their engineers on "Don't Be Evil" and libertarianism and "we're a sweet little tech company that people like" and is now

> The problem here is that Google sold their engineers on "Don't Be Evil" and libertarianism and "we're a sweet little tech company that people like" and is now delivering military contracts. I'm not sure I ever felt Google was libertarian but maybe I just don't understand what that means? Your comment makes me think this might be a strange viewpoint, but I don't consider "don't be evil" and military contracts to be mutually exclusive. I consider the military to be necessary. Perhaps one day we can live in a world where it won't be, but we are very far from that now, and given we can't even stop people within our own country from killing one another, I don't believe we will be able to stop other countries from invading us if they have nothing to deter them. Do you consider the people who join the military to also be evil?