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YC: Requests for Startups

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514 points sarimkx | 1 comments | 14 Feb 24 16:31 UTC | HN request time: 0.203s | source
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frob ◴[14 Feb 24 23:49 UTC] No.39377223[source]▶
Today I learned that YC not only funds military companies, but encourages new startups to focus on killing machines and spying. And to point to the spy firm Palantir as an example of a model company shows how morally bankrupt YC truly is. Anything for a buck, right? All this while those same defense firms are currently making tens of billions of dollars supplying hardware to kill hundreds of civilians a day right this very instant.

Make bombs people want, I see.

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9cb14c1ec0 ◴[15 Feb 24 00:13 UTC] No.39377431[source]▶
> Anything for a buck, right?

So, how would the US defend itself against countries like China and Russia if no one built weapons? Everyone agrees weapons can be used in ethically horrendous ways. It doesn't follow from that, that the US doesn't need a weapons industry.

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1. frob ◴[18 Feb 24 14:12 UTC] No.39419212[source]▶
YC doesn't need to be funding the weapons industry; they're already filthy rich. This shows their greed outweighs any moral quandries around building machines of death.