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>Where are the calls from HN commenters suggesting that the engineers refuse to work on this? shrug I find that the state monopoly on violence to be much more
by forgottenpass 8y ago
>Where are the calls from HN commenters suggesting that the engineers refuse to work on this?
shrug I find that the state monopoly on violence to be much more justified than some of the perfectly-legal ways people in the private sector choose to exploit their fellow humans for profit. -- At the very least, we treat the state's exercise of violence as a necessary evil to be minimized.
I found it darkly-humorus that nothing short of actual military contracting could wake up oh-so-progressive googlers to some "are we being evil" introspection.
I want software developers to collectively adopt an ethical standard and stick to it. I really, really do. But the only way I'm able to cope with what I've been witnessing for the last 15 years is to aim scorn at us all for being rationalizing frauds.