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Re:Why Silicon Valley Shouldn’t Work with the Pentagon by oh_sigh on Thursday April 19, 2018 @02:35PM (#16878711)
Americans are generally pro-military, save for ultra left-leaning types. The fact that only 3000 people signed out of a population of ~100k(which already clearly trends leftwards), tells me that most people did not actually have a problem with that project.
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Re:Why Silicon Valley Shouldn’t Work with the Pentagon by philwelch on Thursday April 19, 2018 @02:56PM (#16878916)
The majority of people on either side also probably recognize that signing your name to an open letter opposing your employer’s policies and decisions is a career-limiting move.
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Re:Why Silicon Valley Shouldn’t Work with the Pentagon by oh_sigh on Thursday April 19, 2018 @03:00PM (#16878968)
I really doubt that at google.
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Re:Why Silicon Valley Shouldn’t Work with the Pentagon by philwelch on Thursday April 19, 2018 @06:48PM (#16880844)
Google literally fired someone for that, so...
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Re:Why Silicon Valley Shouldn’t Work with the Pentagon by oh_sigh on Thursday April 19, 2018 @07:06PM (#16880938)
I'm speaking specifically about this situation, not about signing open letters in general. And James wasn't fired for signing a letter, he was fired for writing it in the first place.
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Re:Why Silicon Valley Shouldn’t Work with the Pentagon by philwelch on Thursday April 19, 2018 @10:52PM (#16881831)
But then he signed his name to it. Although, yes, you are technically correct.
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Re:Why Silicon Valley Shouldn’t Work with the Pentagon by notacoward on Thursday April 19, 2018 @10:50PM (#16881821)
> Americans are generally pro-military, save for ultra left-leaning types.

That depends a lot on what "pro-military" means. Do most Americans wish success and well-being for our military service members? Yes. Do most Americans approve of how large our military has become, affecting both government budgets and culture, or of the foreign policy that puts so many of those service members in harm's way? I doubt it. It's not "ultra-left" to oppose militarism. You know what is ultra-left? Having a decent social safety net that enables veterans to integrate back into society, instead of abandoning them like the ultra-right does.

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