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Those two statements don't strike me as contradictory. It's entirely possible that someone could enjoy the protection of the military and feel that it is too dangerous for combat to be fought by AI.

By way of analogy, most people who enjoy the protection of the military are opposed to the use of chemical or biological weapons. They recognize that how people fight is also important.

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I don’t disagree with that statement, but isn’t it dissonant for there to be no discussion of how the audience here seems to ignore the topic of war when it’s fought in our names by real people, but holds ourselves to such high minded ideals when it’s fought by machines?

Do you know if the people you are observing are more right wing or left? I don't mean that to turn this into political tribalism. I ask because the sense that I've gotten of HN is that most posters lean left and tend towards anti-war but there is a significant right leaning population that are probably left anti-war. I'm trying to map what you are seeing to what I've observed so that I can understand what you are seeing better.

I'd argue most people here probably don't see current wars as waged in their names.

Perhaps if they live in Ukraine, but otherwise that looks like a tough sell.

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