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Glad they're protesting something actually bad this time (unlike US military tech)

by wemdyjreichert 8y ago

okreallywtf 8y ago
What are you referring to exactly?
- V-eHGsd_ 8y ago
  I think he/she is suggesting that project maven wasn't as bad as people made it out to be. It's unclear from the lack of context _why_ they think that.
- BlackjackCF 8y ago
  Google employees were protesting the company's involvement in making drones for the Pentagon: https://gizmodo.com/thousands-of-google-employees-protest-companys-involvem-1824988565 https://gizmodo.com/thousands-of-google-employees-protest-co...
- RightMillennial 8y ago
  There was a protest or something by some Google employees a few months ago about contracts with the Pentagon: Google Employees Resign in Protest Against Pentagon Contract https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17064776 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17064776
prolikewh0a 8y ago
>unlike US military tech You realize that US Military Tech goes into killing innocent people literally all the time, right?
- deleted 8y ago
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- maimeowmeow 8y ago
  without us military tech you wouldnt even be able to post said nitpickings. Such tech developed, isnt intended to kill innocents, just like the inevitable future deaths of self driving cars are not.
- drak0n1c 8y ago
  Improved US Military Tech (sensors, communications, precision) can translate into less collateral damage in operations. These ops have been conducted under every president and will continue happening under future presidents, unless we go full isolationist. The issue isn't black and white.
amaccuish 8y ago
So US = good, China = bad? Too simplistic.
- ethicsengineer 8y ago
  Democracy with personal freedoms = good Repressive dictatorship that regularly jails political dissidents = bad
  - parthdesai 8y ago
    Democracy with personal freedom while invading foreign nations and killing innocent civilians in the process == good?
    - ethicsengineer 8y ago
      There are many things that the US does that are bad. I can't think of one thing the PRC government does that is good.
      - parthdesai 8y ago
        right, and i countering your first sentence. Not everything has to be binary. One can be bad and other can be worst.
        privacypoller 8y ago
        Except good and bad are relative, not absolute. In your case you seem to be comparing to a personal notion of "good", but it's still relative. You also state that "not everything has to be binary" and then say something can be "worst", which is the same absolute you seem to be arguing against
      - hatergonnahate 8y ago
        How about the PRC government managed to feed most of its 1.3B people and not export absurd amount of poverty?

Glad they're protesting something actually bad this time (unlike US military tech)

okreallywtf 8y ago

What are you referring to exactly?

V-eHGsd_ 8y ago
I think he/she is suggesting that project maven wasn't as bad as people made it out to be. It's unclear from the lack of context _why_ they think that.
BlackjackCF 8y ago
Google employees were protesting the company's involvement in making drones for the Pentagon: https://gizmodo.com/thousands-of-google-employees-protest-companys-involvem-1824988565 https://gizmodo.com/thousands-of-google-employees-protest-co...
RightMillennial 8y ago
There was a protest or something by some Google employees a few months ago about contracts with the Pentagon: Google Employees Resign in Protest Against Pentagon Contract https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17064776 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17064776

prolikewh0a 8y ago

>unlike US military tech You realize that US Military Tech goes into killing innocent people literally all the time, right?

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maimeowmeow 8y ago
without us military tech you wouldnt even be able to post said nitpickings. Such tech developed, isnt intended to kill innocents, just like the inevitable future deaths of self driving cars are not.
drak0n1c 8y ago
Improved US Military Tech (sensors, communications, precision) can translate into less collateral damage in operations. These ops have been conducted under every president and will continue happening under future presidents, unless we go full isolationist. The issue isn't black and white.

amaccuish 8y ago

So US = good, China = bad? Too simplistic.

ethicsengineer 8y ago
Democracy with personal freedoms = good Repressive dictatorship that regularly jails political dissidents = bad
- parthdesai 8y ago
  Democracy with personal freedom while invading foreign nations and killing innocent civilians in the process == good?
  - ethicsengineer 8y ago
    There are many things that the US does that are bad. I can't think of one thing the PRC government does that is good.
    - parthdesai 8y ago
      right, and i countering your first sentence. Not everything has to be binary. One can be bad and other can be worst.
      - privacypoller 8y ago
        Except good and bad are relative, not absolute. In your case you seem to be comparing to a personal notion of "good", but it's still relative. You also state that "not everything has to be binary" and then say something can be "worst", which is the same absolute you seem to be arguing against
    - hatergonnahate 8y ago
      How about the PRC government managed to feed most of its 1.3B people and not export absurd amount of poverty?