Then I'd like to clarify that I'm also objecting quite strongly to all companies contracting to support the US military's ability to wage illegal wars. I do think there's a fair portion of HN that is loudly unhappy about, say, Palantir. I would never work for them, although I'm not as loud about it. I think you're right that I should also never work for Google.

(Also, war is messy. I know that the insurgents also kill civilians, and I'm certainly not supporting them any more than I support the US military. I'm advocating pacifism, and if you want to say "well, pacifism doesn't work because other people want to wage war", sure, that's a debate approximately as old as the idea of pacifism itself.)