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As if silicon valley has been a bastion of ethical business prior

• throwpoaster 2y ago
  When we’re talking about weapons I think we’re in a different ethical category.
  • krapp 2y ago
    Silicon Valley was building chips and systems for the Department of Defense long before the internet and startups were a gleam in anyone's eye. The US is an oligarchy and the success permitted any business in the US is a function of its subservience and utility to the military industrial complex. Look up the early history of Google and Facebook, you'll find tons of links to three letter agencies. Every FAANG (or whatever the acronym du jour is now) or equivalent startup is run by spooks and sociopaths with blood on their hands. That's just how America works.
    • ratlrrr 2y ago
      > spooks and sociopaths with blood on their hands. That's just how America works. Even in certain unnamed European countries, they proliferate more freely than you'd think, staying unnoticed as long as they’re deniably placating their wrongdoings within the civilian sector. Certain ones are known to become increasingly bold as they encroach on organized crime and PMC breeding grounds, both in close proximity, as of recently. It happens in seemingly ordinary situations, and you'd be surprised at how insidious certain individuals can become.