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What Do I Say to Someone Who Has a Lead With a Job in the Military Industrial Complex? (hexbear.net)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by Shaleesh@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net

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Hello Hexbears!

I am acquaintances with a student who has a very likely lead on a software development position with a major military equipment manufacturer. He is VERY excited about this. Now, I don't know him too well but we are close enough to have a conversation and I would like to try to prevent him from going down this path. Especially considering he has other, less blood-soaked leads. His politics are unclear but from what I can gather he is vaguely progressive/berniecrat-ish, possibly sympathetic to the Palestinian cause but that's not 100% confirmed.

I have an idea of how I'm going to talk to him about this but I'm looking to see if anyone here has any experience regarding what is or is not effective in conversations like these.

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Ok so I'm being vague about what company this is specifically for OPSEC reasons but from what I gather its pretty unambiguous that he would be contributing to the development of guided bombs, police surveillance, and networked weapons systems. Of course he has not actually said any of this. To him, the soon-to-be college grad its a high-paying job with some degree of prestige in a shitty labor market. The banality of evil in the imperial core I guess.

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[–] Chana@hexbear.net 21 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Find specific examples of what the company does and how it relates to murder of the global south, then present this information to them. Imagine you're writing a pamphlet to hand out. Or actually write that pamphlet and do hand it out, including to this person you know. Antiimperialist student groups use this tactoc, targeting job fairs and specific companies and it does help dissuade people.

For example, Boeing is the exclusive manufacturer of the JDAMs destroying Gaza.

[–] Shaleesh@hexbear.net 15 points 5 months ago

That actually fucks really hard. Gonna try to integrate this.