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[โ€“] FALGSConaut@hexbear.net 55 points 11 months ago

Anyone who celebrates being a death merchant should be [redacted] jfc. I can't even imagine how detached and utterly soulless such monsters must be to celebrate murder with champagne. Death to America and their lapdogs amerikkka

[โ€“] lckdscl@whiskers.bim.boats 45 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Absolutely disgusting ๐Ÿคฎ ... you are a war criminal Abby, fuck off with your bourgeois, genocidal, smug look. I wish you a [redacted] [redacted] [redacted].

These past few days I was thinking about people I know who are lapdogs for weapons firms, thinking surely recent events will change their minds. Guess not :/

[โ€“] fuckiforgotmypasswor@hexbear.net 41 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

wouldn't it be great if this piece of shit got hit by a missile she helped design ๐Ÿท

[โ€“] nephs@lemmygrad.ml 22 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Is this the borderline hatespeech people complain about, from us?

Barely sounds like a call for violence... Even if the imagery it invokes in the brain is uncomfortable.

[โ€“] Beat_da_Rich@lemmygrad.ml 13 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

"Israel should stop occupying Palestinians and committing genocide in Gaza." - HATE SPEECH

"Those Arab Muslims animal are all terrorists and the Israelis deserve to take their land by force." - PROTECTED SPEECH

[โ€“] HexbearGPT@hexbear.net 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Sheโ€™s probably a sales rep

[โ€“] Addfwyn@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 11 months ago

Project Manager/Public Relations/Community Manager, I checked.

Which means her job included thinking this was a good PR move.

[โ€“] anicius@lemmygrad.ml 40 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I hope this is submitted as evidence during her trial.

[โ€“] SpasmodicColon@hexbear.net 23 points 11 months ago (1 children)

trial

You mean played on a projector as she's marched to the wall?

[โ€“] anicius@lemmygrad.ml 17 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Post revolution bloodletting can't possible get all the responsible people, so setting up a system to find, judge, and carry out justice on these people seems appropriate. There just isn't a wall big enough for every blood soaked stooge.

[โ€“] usernamesaredifficul@hexbear.net 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

also I would like to point out that institutions perpetuate themselves so setting up an institution to round up and kill people en masse is not the first thing a new society really ought to be doing

[โ€“] PoY@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Gotta clean house before we can rebuild.

[โ€“] usernamesaredifficul@hexbear.net 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I'm not so sure we do I think a lot of this is just desire for retribution

[โ€“] PoY@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

you can't just let them fuck your shit up while you're still trying to build a solid foundation.. their imperial solidarity is unquestionable

the latter is not the former

[โ€“] Tankiedesantski@hexbear.net 34 points 11 months ago

That's it. Start apologizing for the lack of terror.

[โ€“] barrbaric@hexbear.net 33 points 11 months ago
[โ€“] autismdragon@hexbear.net 32 points 11 months ago

I cannot fix her ๐Ÿ˜”

[โ€“] Frogmanfromlake@hexbear.net 31 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Drinks lined up to celebrate benefitting from war. I hope her dumbass moves to Arizona and slowly dies from lack of nutrients due to climate change. Seems like the type of idiot that would stay there and deny everything until her last gasping breath.

[โ€“] Addfwyn@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 11 months ago

Nah, she'd be in the gated air conditioned community attending "business meetings" where they eat canapes and laugh about the poors.

[โ€“] ghost_of_faso2@lemmygrad.ml 31 points 11 months ago

Imagine how shit the chat would have been at that party

[โ€“] MochiGamer@lemmygrad.ml 30 points 11 months ago (1 children)

As some who has been a lowly employee of this company. The type of things people say, especially officials, where they openly get off on selling weapons of war.... Just horrific. I have know some comrades there but the level of unreasonably homicidal rhetoric is at an all time high.... Ughhhh

[โ€“] Outdoor_Catgirl@hexbear.net 12 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Why were you an employee of the warmonger military industrial complex?

[โ€“] charlie@hexbear.net 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Is this productive? I genuinely canโ€™t tell if youโ€™re being curious or antagonistic.

[โ€“] PoY@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Seems like a valid question to me. It's good to grow and learn, but I'm also curious why anyone would decide to go work for these war mongers in the first place.

[โ€“] TheEgoBot@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Hungers a removed. I have a work history in wafer fabs and almost had to take a job finishing missile casings in a clean room cuz the experience was transferrable. Fortunately I found something else, but sometimes a job is a job.

[โ€“] PoY@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

thanks for your answer, i understand desperation very well.. i was curious if there were any other reasons

[โ€“] MochiGamer@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

So admittedly, during my entire onboarding process they mostly focused on the ability to get an education paid for through the company. You only need to stay an extra amount of time if you go that route or something similar. Buuuuuut.

When you look at people who have been there more than the 2-3 year mark. There are a lot of people there who genuinely feel like it's the closest they can be to helping the "war fighter come home safely". We had many meetings and slogans involving this. They are so fanatical, I actually almost got fired once for tilting a framed photo of a soldier once in a hallway. Anyone that is salary either is waiting to get a better job/pay or genuinely loves the military industrial complex. Also they tend to hire veterans a lot. They will adjust job requirements for veterans. Know a vet with a FORESTRY degree that ended up in engineering. The military experience is usually a substitute for formal education, its listed on a lot of the job position postings. This kinda helps reinforce the amount of pro military people who hang around.

Hope this helps give insight and makes sense.

[โ€“] PoY@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 11 months ago

wow that's great insight thanks for sharing it

[โ€“] Anon6317@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Worked there a long time too. It was easy to find engineering projects to be on that had nothing to do with offensive weapons of death. Nuclear power, railroad automation, mail sorting, basic research, etc. Was always a hassle dealing with the culture there though. Lots of autocratic control freaks. Lots of managers who let their egos sabotage otherwise good efforts.

[โ€“] PoY@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 11 months ago

thanks for the explanation

i once worked a temp job for JP Morgan Chase out of sheer desperation and left the second I found another job which was about 2 months in.. it was hard to live with myself knowing I'm contributing in any small way to such an awful organization.. I was curious if there were any other reasons why people might feel okay with working for these hellish orgs and I think you answered that

[โ€“] MochiGamer@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 11 months ago

It actually is surprising how much the industry can end up growing doubt into the illusion they brainwash you with. I had my awakening while working there. Yeah a job is a job and with a family their livelihood comes before my pride. But there is a union, so worker solidarity and spreading awareness when applicable can help bridge the gap.

Sorry for late response. I'm still working on my education now actually, I worked as only a electronic assembler I was never there for a career, just needed money. In fact quite a lot of people get there education and leave there due to the nature of the work making a sizeable portion of people uneasy. My sympathies for anyone who has to swallow their morals or pride and just get the job done for the paycheck, all while hoping for better days

[โ€“] Addfwyn@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 11 months ago

I had a friend who did it too. Sometimes a job is a job, and I won't clutch pearls over it. Not all of us have the good fortune to be able to be that selective about our employers. In a perfect world, yes sure.

The difference is whether you find something else as soon as possible or you actively make a career out of it. This woman is definitely in the second camp. Also I would look at a janitor there a lot differently than an engineer that was actively designing weapons.

[โ€“] ihaveibs@lemmygrad.ml 29 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[โ€“] MarieFontenot@hexbear.net 26 points 11 months ago

I can fix her

[โ€“] doublepepperoni@hexbear.net 26 points 11 months ago

Hitting Paul Verhoeven levels of satire here

[โ€“] Bakzik@hexbear.net 25 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

The bourgeois are not human. the-deserter

[โ€“] supersolid_snake@lemmygrad.ml 25 points 11 months ago

Oh, they are so dumb they just don't understand.

Exhibit 9999999: they know they benefit from imperialism.

[โ€“] DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 24 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[โ€“] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 23 points 11 months ago

right after the Hamas attack

[โ€“] NotErisma@hexbear.net 21 points 11 months ago
[โ€“] HaSch@lemmygrad.ml 18 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

She looks like an extra in the Enigma of Amigara fault, except her hole is a Nuremberg prison cell

[โ€“] WittyProfileName2@hexbear.net 9 points 11 months ago

No drrr drrr drrr sound, instead just a distant repeated banging as the revolutionary tribunal [redacted] her fellow ghouls.

[โ€“] showmustgo@hexbear.net 15 points 11 months ago

The evil abby

[โ€“] Ocommie63@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 11 months ago

๐Ÿคฎ

[โ€“] HexbearGPT@hexbear.net 13 points 11 months ago

Everyone who works for defense contractors automatically goes to hell.

This thing needs its hollow skull caved in