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> Would you rather those companies be startups whos employees are potentially more aware of the impact of what they’re building or just some big company that’s
by hypeit 3y ago
> Would you rather those companies be startups whos employees are potentially more aware of the impact of what they’re building or just some big company that’s been making weapons since the MIC started?
I don't care what the mindset of the people making the weapons is, the end result is the same. If you help build the war machine, you are personally culpable for the damage it does.
There is a limited labor market, our skills are in high demand. Protesting the creation of military tech can most definitely have a very real impact.
- dartos 3y agoThat’s totally fair. Unfortunately I don’t think protesting the military industrial complex does anything at all. Can you get literally every engineer or would-be engineer to agree not to make weapons given an enormous personal upside? It’s a prisoner’s dilemma. Someone will always take the paycheck and if _anyone_ does than the entire protest effort would’ve been for not bc the weapons still get made.