Pro@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 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-square26fedilinkarrow-up1502arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1497arrow-down1external-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-22 days agomessage-square26fedilinkfile-text
minus-square0x0@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down9·1 day agoGood for them but… M$ has had military contracts for ages so… quit working for an evil megacorp?
minus-squarevala@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 hours 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 hours 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).
Good for them but… M$ has had military contracts for ages so… quit working for an evil megacorp?
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).