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Re:Why Silicon Valley Shouldn’t Work with the Pentagon by pm90 on Thursday April 19, 2018 @03:33PM (#16879289)
> This peacenik virtue signaling bullshit is the naive privilege of spoiled children. "I want my freedom, but I don't want my hands to get dirty".

Deliberately belittling people who conscientiously object to having their labor used for the purpose of war making is dangerous. I'm very glad that Young Americans (at the time) protested the Vietnam War making it clear to the US Military that they couldn't willy-nilly start wars whenever they want to.

You cannot, and should not, be forcing people to do what they do not want. If you want to convince others of the benefits of having a superior armed forces, belittling them as spoiled children is not the way to do so.

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Re:Why Silicon Valley Shouldn’t Work with the Pentagon by darawk on Thursday April 19, 2018 @04:01PM (#16879575)
> I'm very glad that Young Americans (at the time) protested the Vietnam War making it clear to the US Military that they couldn't willy-nilly start wars whenever they want to.

As am I. I'm not criticizing war protest. I'm criticizing not contributing to military technology.

> You cannot, and should not, be forcing people to do what they do not want.

No one is forcing anyone to do anything. I'm criticizing them for making their choice. They remain free to make it.

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