I work in the US defense aerospace industry. I love my job.
In my job, I work on the most complex and technologically advanced machines ever created by humanity. The absolute bleeding-edge, tip of the spear. That's a challenge that's hard to turn down, and these machines being weapons doesn't faze me.
In my personal life, I vote for politicians that I believe will keep us from having to use them.
In both sides, I'm doing my best. And that's all I can do.
Edit: Thinking about this answer, I have one other little tidbit;
It doesn't make me feel any better to know that I'm not involved. I can't watch a village getting bombed in the middle east and feel more comfortable with myself because I didn't work on that specific plane. And I've felt that way since well before I started my career.
:very-intelligent: you see, if I don't take the job, someone else will! And they could be a big mean conservative! If I, a bleed heart liberal, take the job making bombs and guns instead, then maybe the Afghans won't feel so sad when they get bombed knowing the designer cares about them.
On the one had, I directly contribute to the death and immiseration of millions of people all over the world. On the other hand I take a meaningless action that helps me feel better about what I'm doing with my life.
Morals - working in defense industry?
Just work on medical robots or something instead god damn
:very-intelligent: you see, if I don't take the job, someone else will! And they could be a big mean conservative! If I, a bleed heart liberal, take the job making bombs and guns instead, then maybe the Afghans won't feel so sad when they get bombed knowing the designer cares about them.
Would you still be against it if you knew that OP is a minority? ...Wow, so much for the progressive left.
On the one had, I directly contribute to the death and immiseration of millions of people all over the world. On the other hand I take a meaningless action that helps me feel better about what I'm doing with my life.
One of the only good things the US ever did was hang people who used that defense .
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