Pro@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-211 days agoMicrosoft employees occupy headquarters in protest of Israel contracts / It’s the biggest escalation yet of the protests at Microsoft.www.seattletimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square26linkfedilinkarrow-up1514file-text
arrow-up1514external-linkMicrosoft employees occupy headquarters in protest of Israel contracts / It’s the biggest escalation yet of the protests at Microsoft.www.seattletimes.comPro@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-211 days agomessage-square26linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarevala@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 days agoMilitary contracts and genocide are two different things. Like sure military contracting causes a net harm to society but we can’t fault people for drawing a line somewhere.
minus-square0x0@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 days agoThe line gets really blurry if the contract is with a company from the most belligerent country on earth… sorry but unless you’re a greybeard I cannot really sympathetize if you work for GAFAM (or whatever the acronym is now).
Military contracts and genocide are two different things.
Like sure military contracting causes a net harm to society but we can’t fault people for drawing a line somewhere.
The line gets really blurry if the contract is with a company from the most belligerent country on earth… sorry but unless you’re a greybeard I cannot really sympathetize if you work for GAFAM (or whatever the acronym is now).