Selling out

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I'm not saying the US government and US citizens aren't contributing, but almost nobody, and I did specify that earlier, is going to get out of their chair, fly to Israel, and pull the trigger. At the end of the day, Israelis are the ones killing people no matter where the weapons come from. Whether or not each individual american decides to fly to palestine to commit a war crime doesn't have any impact on the war crimes being committed: votes do.

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This is Lemmy, you can say "kill" here

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Bullshit. I prefer being able to sleep at night over being rich.

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"it could be worse" the majority of the world would disagree the healthcare system is bad for America but your military corporation are bad for the planet. Israels little dog will supply them with all they need to bomb the middle east and have killed hundreds of thousands already. I promise you every genocide and massacre nowadays America is often complicit in

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The four horsemen of selling out:

Big Pharma
Big Oil
The military-industrial complex
Surveillance tech companies

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You know, every country has an army. Either their own, or another country's...

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almost nobody, and I did specify that earlier, is going to get out of their chair, fly to Israel, and pull the trigger

Why would you need to fly to Israel when you can pilot a drone bomber from Langley?

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To answer my own question, Snowden was an employee of Booz Allen when he leaked PRISM.

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A THAAD still could potentially be used for offense even though they don't use any warheads.

A better argument could be early warning systems, or even their space division where they may have NASA or ESA contracts. Products closer to scientific research, like the Osiris, crew capsules, or the lunar rover they are supposedly teamed up with GM to design.

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If you can get a job for LM, you can get a job somewhere else. If a bit more money persuades you to help build child pulverizing machines, you never had any ethics to begin with.

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"It's not like drug addictd will stop taking drugs if I quit heroin."

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Was just having a conversation about the phrase "selling out". Seems you don't hear it used much anymore. I reckon that's because the concept is seen as more of a life skill now than some despicable practice. But I feel sure it would be argued I'm just jealous of those sweet living wages.

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Looking at how badly I am getting down voted, I am afraid to say anything too controversial. I have probably been reported several times for being correct.

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It's not about what they could give you, it's about what they could take away.

Selling out - lemm.ee

Lemmy

(lemm.ee)

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Someone has to learn the government secrets so they can spill it to the revolutionaries later when they become disillusioned so they can build their own weapons.

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Fuck the military complex of this species. I'm gonna build my own aerospace company, mine the asteroid belt, and build my own human habitat. With black jack... And hookers... And universal healthcare...

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Correct about what? I said I'd never sell my soul. I'd never put myself in a position to be targeted in the first place.

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Or you know, on that tank? Game, where a bunch of specs have been disclosed.

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Dan the company man felt loyalty to the corp
After 16 years of service and a family to support
He actually started to believe the weaponry and chemicals were for national defence
'Cause Danny had a mortgage and a boss to answer to
The guilty don't feel guilty, they learn not to.

(The Irrationality of Rationality by NOFX).

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Bang on. Right there with you.

I'm working on becoming a game developer but I live in a place chock full of casinos, so looking up "games company" on a map is very disappointing here.

They can sure pay well sometimes, though. The temptation is real. But I really couldn't have any sort of passion for even sweeping their floors, much less constructing flashier products that merely serve to more-efficiently short circuit people's rational thinking into emptying their wallets.

I think the loud secret is that these "games" thrive on desperation en masse, rather than the comparatively few wealthy and "responsible gamblers."

I don't judge the plenty of good folks who make a living doing it because they need to make a living, but I'd rather struggle more towards something I can believe in that doesn't compromise my soul or contribute to ruining anybody's life.

Now if only high moral standards could pay the bills...

Oh well, I'll just keep remembering Matthew 6:26