I agree, and yes I would.

It's a modern disease to confuse integrity with privilege.

If you are in a position to do so, then what does it matter? Given the ability to pick between two things that are identical bar some moral aspect, it seems logically consistent to pick the option that aligns more with your morals.

Sure, but the reason for that privilege is also the reason it matters so much. If you're considering whether to take a menial job in a warehouse or call center or something for a SoftBank-funded company, you're probably in a less privileged position in terms of your ability to turn down the best available job offer. But the ceiling on the value that you can create for those investors is much lower, which IMO significantly reduces the moral imperative to look elsewhere. Conversely, if you're an engineer for a SoftBank-funded startup, it's fairly likely that your contributions will create many millions of dollars' worth of wealth for Saudi investors.

Which is why these choices should be fairly simple, if you're confident of your own ethical stance. Most tech people's moral sacrifices are made for convenience/a few thousand dollars, not to put food on the table.

If you work for a high-status SV company and you have a lot of moral qualms, you should leave your job and find one you feel better about.

So if we do nothing we are bad people and if we do the right thing we are still not good people, because "privilege"?

That kinda trap sure doesn't make me more likely to give a shit about ethics.

Honestly, doing the right thing is pretty low on the list privileged people should be worrying about.

But yes, we should be careful passing judgement on people.