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by bergie 404 days ago
> Yeah, it’s weird. Software engineers are mostly just doing whatever gets them paid.

Which is by itself a moral (immoral?) stance, saying that you don't have problems doing all kinds of evil stuff as long as the money is good.

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We live in a world (especially in the US) that requires a job to afford basic necessities of life. If you'd like to starve to death, by all means - do it.
You see God, I simply had no choice but to make 500k a year coding an AI weapons system to blow up brown people at incredible efficiency. Was I expected to STARVE?
Blaming the individual rather than the government is typical capitalist worship.