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minus-square@RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish0•10 days agoWhat message was that? They work for Microsoft a company that has had DOD contracts for at least the last 25-30 years. They were a war profiteer when this worker got their gig. Why is it a problem now?
minus-square@underwire212@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish0•10 days agoProblems can be ongoing or increase in severity. Just because it’s been an issue for a while doesn’t mean it’s too late for change. Also, some people don’t have the luxury to choose an ethical employer (if they even exist).
minus-square@RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish0•10 days agoIf you are in tech getting hired by microsoft you should have options
minus-squareEl BartolinkfedilinkEnglish0•9 days ago…maybe. Or, hear me out, the dude specifically applied for Microsoft with the intention of changing shit.
minus-square@RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish0•9 days agoDo you think a non-executive hire has that ability? That’s a stretch IMO
minus-square@IndustryStandard@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish0•10 days agoDirect participation in the military systems for a genocide is a tad further than the military industrial complex. The message is that people participating in genocide will not be made at the very least very uncomfortable for doing so.
minus-square@RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish0•10 days agoThey had IDF contracts for decades as well. Seriously if they had a problem with this and this is not a PR stunt by this person they are choosing an odd time to make this statement.
minus-square@Shardikprime@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish0•edit-210 days agoLiterally this It’s like they are signaling to the world how virtuous they are A kind of high ground moral messaging if you will
minus-square@RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish0•10 days agoExactly, I would get if you work for a company that just got involved in the military fields but this is microsoft.
minus-square@IndustryStandard@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish0•10 days agoAn active mass genocide is an odd time to make a statement? Microsoft lied about not supplying the IDF military cloud in the past. And AI is a far more direct contribution to genocide than excel support. Plenty of reasons to do it now. And better now than tomorrow.
minus-square@RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish0•10 days agoYes because their military work has been public for decades and it isn’t as if the IDF just started becoming problematic in 2023.
It was about sending a message.
What message was that? They work for Microsoft a company that has had DOD contracts for at least the last 25-30 years.
They were a war profiteer when this worker got their gig. Why is it a problem now?
Problems can be ongoing or increase in severity. Just because it’s been an issue for a while doesn’t mean it’s too late for change.
Also, some people don’t have the luxury to choose an ethical employer (if they even exist).
If you are in tech getting hired by microsoft you should have options
Ethical options?
…maybe.
Or, hear me out, the dude specifically applied for Microsoft with the intention of changing shit.
Do you think a non-executive hire has that ability? That’s a stretch IMO
Direct participation in the military systems for a genocide is a tad further than the military industrial complex.
The message is that people participating in genocide will not be made at the very least very uncomfortable for doing so.
They had IDF contracts for decades as well. Seriously if they had a problem with this and this is not a PR stunt by this person they are choosing an odd time to make this statement.
Literally this
It’s like they are signaling to the world how virtuous they are
A kind of high ground moral messaging if you will
Exactly, I would get if you work for a company that just got involved in the military fields but this is microsoft.
An active mass genocide is an odd time to make a statement?
Microsoft lied about not supplying the IDF military cloud in the past.
And AI is a far more direct contribution to genocide than excel support.
Plenty of reasons to do it now. And better now than tomorrow.
Yes because their military work has been public for decades and it isn’t as if the IDF just started becoming problematic in 2023.