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Ajedi32today at 1:34 PM1 replyview on HN

This isn't about the nations taking actions off the table, it's about:

> Serious question: should companies not participate in contracts from their country's defense department?

I contend that unless you want your government to be toppled by a foreign invader, companies contributing to your nation's military capabilities is something you should generally be in favor of.


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slgtoday at 4:45 PM

This is from the comment you replied to:

>As for "someone else will do it if i don't".... (aka your argument). That's true of a lot of things, and I sleep great at night choosing not to steal from people even though I know others will choose to steal. It turns out I don't have the ability to choose their actions for them, only my own.

This is from your response:

>It's more like "if I don't do it then I better hope somebody else will, otherwise my whole country will inevitably become subservient to a despotic regime".

Are you now claiming that all those "I"s are really "companies"? You think you were having a conversation about how "[companies] sleep great at night"?

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