I think he's under the impression that a paycheck makes you into a slave. Weird. He might have a political agenda of his own there. I've got as much power to q

I think he's under the impression that a paycheck makes you into a slave. Weird. He might have a political agenda of his own there. I've got as much power to quit as they do to fire me and creative talent isn't cookie cutter like finding someone to fill your shift on an assembly line. Regardless, in ANY job, no one is required to do something that they find unethical. Unfortunately, the power you have is to quit/get fired. Fortunately in tech, losing one (or more) people on a bleeding edge weapons contract can sink the whole thing as there aren't that many folks qualified to do that sort of work. A paycheck doesn't remove my brain or make my boss a god.