> I often see claims to the effect that people in Silicon Valley are too "enlightened", "progressive", etc to work with the defense establishment Many of them

> I often see claims to the effect that people in Silicon Valley are too "enlightened", "progressive", etc to work with the defense establishment Many of them were until the Russian invasion when they suddenly remembered that bad guys existed and wouldn't hesitate to conquer their neighbors without effective deterrence. They were anti-military until it dawned on them that peace is maintained by an underlying threat of violence.