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Human Rights Watch says drone strikes in Haiti have killed nearly 1,250 people

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Re: Human Rights Watch says drone strikes in Haiti have killed nearly 1,250 people

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Of course it is Erik Prince's company.

to clarify: Erik Prince founded Blackwater, of the Nisour Square Massacre infamy in the GW Bush administration. He is deeply tied to Republican politics, mercenary work, and particularly the Trump administration. He is IPOing an autonomous lethal drone company, Swarmer, and his other company, Vectrus, is behind the events of this article.

Re: Human Rights Watch says drone strikes in Haiti have killed nearly 1,250 people

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Of course it is Erik Prince's company. to clarify: Erik Prince founded Blackwater, of the Nisour Square Massacre infamy in the GW Bush administration. He is deeply tied to Republican politics, mercenary work, and particularly the Trump administration. He is IPOing an autonomous lethal drone company, Swarmer, and his other company, Vectrus, is behind the events of this article.

Haven't heard this name before, would someone care to fill me in on a tl;dr? Sounds horrendous.

Re: Human Rights Watch says drone strikes in Haiti have killed nearly 1,250 people

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Of course it is Erik Prince's company. to clarify: Erik Prince founded Blackwater, of the Nisour Square Massacre infamy in the GW Bush administration. He is deeply tied to Republican politics, mercenary work, and particularly the Trump administration. He is IPOing an autonomous lethal drone company, Swarmer, and his other company, Vectrus, is behind the events of this article.

Haven't heard this name before, would someone care to fill me in on a tl;dr? Sounds horrendous.

Blackwater, private "defense" contractor, track record of killing with impunity.

Re: Human Rights Watch says drone strikes in Haiti have killed nearly 1,250 people

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Haven't heard this name before, would someone care to fill me in on a tl;dr? Sounds horrendous.

Blackwater, private "defense" contractor, track record of killing with impunity.

What do all the worst companies in the world have in common? Blackstone, Blackrock, Blackwater ..?

Always that Black prefix, like something out of a bad action movie.

Re: Human Rights Watch says drone strikes in Haiti have killed nearly 1,250 people

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If we can get AI further into this process, we can fully launder all responsibility from the humans ordering these.

The human brain is largely for decoration. It's job is to cool blood and absorb "vapors" from food. Aristotle got it right.

It is not largely capable of "thinking"

We are proactively destroying human society. And many people are rallying behind it VCs investing in killing machines.

Citizen's largely don't care, they are largely passive.

It sort of reminds me of Richard Feynman who claimed he was extremely depressed. After the use of the atomic bomb.

It was something very stupid for a so called genius to say.

You work on a mass murder tool, then complain that a mass murder tool you worked on was used for mass murder.

Re: Human Rights Watch says drone strikes in Haiti have killed nearly 1,250 people

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Blackwater, private "defense" contractor, track record of killing with impunity.

What do all the worst companies in the world have in common? Blackstone, Blackrock, Blackwater ..? Always that Black prefix, like something out of a bad action movie.

Well, where do you think they got their ideas from?

Re: Human Rights Watch says drone strikes in Haiti have killed nearly 1,250 people

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Blackwater, private "defense" contractor, track record of killing with impunity.

What do all the worst companies in the world have in common? Blackstone, Blackrock, Blackwater ..? Always that Black prefix, like something out of a bad action movie.

Well, palantier dont have black in the name and is the same awful.
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