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Silicon Valley is transforming the military-industrial complex? (2024)

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Re: Silicon Valley is transforming the military-industrial complex? (2024)

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Post by FLeXMurphy »

slowin wrote: post #8

It's up to us, as tech workers to push back against this. I quit my job at Microsoft due to their complicity with Israeli war crimes and oppression (and certainly the US government was involved too). It's tough to leave a high paying job, but I feel good about it every single day. We don't have to be cogs in the MIC machine and we don't have to build systems that terrorize people.

What was your job at Microsoft?

Re: Silicon Valley is transforming the military-industrial complex? (2024)

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Post by dgellow »

slowin wrote: post #8

It's up to us, as tech workers to push back against this. I quit my job at Microsoft due to their complicity with Israeli war crimes and oppression (and certainly the US government was involved too). It's tough to leave a high paying job, but I feel good about it every single day. We don't have to be cogs in the MIC machine and we don't have to build systems that terrorize people.

Thank you, both for following your values and for sharing it publicly

Re: Silicon Valley is transforming the military-industrial complex? (2024)

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Post by hangonhn »

yawnxyz wrote: post #4

I've been reading Chip War and it seems like original funding for chip design was for the Space Race and for guided missiles - so basically most of Silicon Valley was started / funded by military all along

Before chips it was radio and radars. The Klystron was invented at Stanford. Lockheed Martin Space and Raytheon have locations in Silicon Valley.

Re: Silicon Valley is transforming the military-industrial complex? (2024)

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Post by davidw »

slowin wrote: post #8

It's up to us, as tech workers to push back against this. I quit my job at Microsoft due to their complicity with Israeli war crimes and oppression (and certainly the US government was involved too). It's tough to leave a high paying job, but I feel good about it every single day. We don't have to be cogs in the MIC machine and we don't have to build systems that terrorize people.

I feel like tech has lost its way recently. It's a huge, huge field, so there have always been people working on 'bad' things, but IDK, I just don't have the same feeling of optimism about things that I used to and I wish there was some kind of movement bringing that back.

Re: Silicon Valley is transforming the military-industrial complex? (2024)

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Post by laimewhisps »

yawnxyz wrote: post #4

I've been reading Chip War and it seems like original funding for chip design was for the Space Race and for guided missiles - so basically most of Silicon Valley was started / funded by military all along

And ENIAC and ARPANET... what's interesting is how much of this is not capitalism but instead state funded and directed. I fear we're also seeing SOTA AI captured by the state. I am grateful for Chinese open models and a multi-polar world, especially given the egregious ethical violations the US has perpetrated very consistently since its formation.

Re: Silicon Valley is transforming the military-industrial complex? (2024)

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Post by homeonthemtn »

mentalgear wrote: post #10

also the new war-profiteers are profiting from a war a certain family member started. > NEW YORK (AP) — Among dozens of companies competing for Pentagon contracts to supply attack drones, one stands out. > Powerus is flush with cash and ballooning in size as it buys up rivals and has one other advantage: It is partly owned by President Donald Trump’s two oldest sons. > The latest Trump venture is hoping to win some o…

Evidently they want to deplete the military's reserves in order to sell them the refills.
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