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847 points kick | 1 comments | 20 Nov 19 15:44 UTC | HN request time: 0.208s | source
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jayliew ◴[20 Nov 19 17:49 UTC] No.21586321[source]▶
Tech people: Rant about egregious things that China and Russia does (political, freedom, basic human rights, etc.)

Also tech people: Vehemently oppose helping the US DoD with their highly-sought after skills, sign online petitions, protest and/or quit their high-paying jobs at <insert tech company that provides value to US DoD>.

Serious question for these tech people: What are you exactly doing to help solve the issues you've ranted about?

I'd like to hear thoughtful responses that are not the typical fallacies (e.g. ad hominem, ad populum, straw man, etc.)

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1. dh5 ◴[20 Nov 19 18:01 UTC] No.21586479[source]▶
I think it's a vocal minority that promotes those ideas and the rest follow because it's career suicide to go against it. I'm quite patriotic but not quite brave enough to go against the grain at this time.