many of you have seen me speak out against Thiel companies participating in Rust and NixOS development, but I don't think I ever clearly said why
as anyone who has opened and read my bio will know, I'm fine with the existence and use of weapons. no, what I have the problem with is imperialism; and Palantir and Andruil, and their acceptance, is currently the means by which it's capturing our communities
@whitequark Out of curiosity, are all private companies building weapons "imperialistic", and if not, what's exactly the characteristics that make those companies imperialistic?
Is it possible for some companies to be imperialistic without being remotely defense contractor?
(e.g. Oil and Gas company?)
@Sobex a private company building weapons could do this towards many different ends. this feels too obvious to point out like this, but hunting is done with weapons too
as for the latter, yes, of course. United Fruit Company is a good historical example
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