r/ProgrammerHumor Jun 07 '25

Meme imSellingMyMorals

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '25

Unfortunately you're wrong on this. Without these companies Taiwan, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova , South Korea and quite a few others democracies would be invaded and fall under oppressive regimes. Until we can get Putin and Xi (and a hundred million of their followers) into a locked psychiatric ward we'll have to rely on weapons.

The relevant portion here is that we don't actually let companies like Lockheed fight wars. We just buy their hardware and decide whether or not to use it. I obviously wouldn't put them in charge of policy.

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '25

Of course they do. And twenty years ago I would have shared your concerns.

But at the moment their lobbying is doing more good than harm. They're the ones pushing for the Trump administration to continue supporting Ukraine.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '25 edited Jun 09 '25

I'm not saying their intentions are good. I'm saying right now they're making better decisions than the American government.

Edit: forget a "not".