Hello Hexbears!
I am acquaintances with a student who has a very likely lead on a software development position with a major military equipment manufacturer. He is VERY excited about this. Now, I don’t know him too well but we are close enough to have a conversation and I would like to try to prevent him from going down this path. Especially considering he has other, less blood-soaked leads. His politics are unclear but from what I can gather he is vaguely progressive/berniecrat-ish, possibly sympathetic to the Palestinian cause but that’s not 100% confirmed.
I have an idea of how I’m going to talk to him about this but I’m looking to see if anyone here has any experience regarding what is or is not effective in conversations like these.
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Ok so I’m being vague about what company this is specifically for OPSEC reasons but from what I gather its pretty unambiguous that he would be contributing to the development of guided bombs, police surveillance, and networked weapons systems. Of course he has not actually said any of this. To him, the soon-to-be college grad its a high-paying job with some degree of prestige in a shitty labor market. The banality of evil in the imperial core I guess.
Pretty sure the idea of “the stuff you do is going to directly mass murder innocent people” sells itself. 🤷♀️
“Actually my algorithms are good and will only mass murder guilty people”
this is exactly what they say
“I only work on the infrastructure that facilitates all the murder. I don’t do any murder myself.”
You’re right! Say, I have a terrific investment opportunity for you… How to you feel about bridges?