Post #1675869

2026-04-24 12:09 UTC

There's also the function of needing a job to survive and cognitive dissonance. I.e. "I'm not killing anyone I just do xyz and then other people use it to do bad things, not my responsibility" It is lying to themselves, but that's how it happens

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@AbidanYre@lemmy.world 2026-04-24 12:57

You can only make that claim for so long. These aren't Amazon deliver drivers we're talking about. The developers and higher ups at Palantir could easily find another job somewhere else.

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@porcoesphino@mander.xyz 2026-04-24 12:20

I just think a lot of them don't think about the actions of their companies and are more focused on their income and promotion opportunities

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@teft@piefed.social 2026-04-24 12:45

The banality of evil. Adolph Eichmann claimed he never cared if the jews lived or died. He was just “doing his job”.

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@greyscale@lemmy.grey.ooo 2026-04-27 07:21

I used to write unethical software for marketing men. Now I don’t. I’ve straight up told recruiters I don’t want to contribute to the brown skeleton factory. I did that at the cost to my employment options. Its really, really hard to go work for Evil Inc and not realise you’re a bad person.

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