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Anthropic is free to not sell to the government.

Yes, in the same way a rape victim is "free" to not be raped if they instead opt to get shot by the rapist holding a gun to their head.

Does nobody understand simple words like "free" or "voluntary" anymore? Is coersion no longer a concept that the human brain is able to understand? Or, are some people collectively choosing to act so unbelievably stupid they're falling below the intelligence of an average second grader?

Just because the US government is extremely lucrative to work with, that doesn't mean that you are forced to work with them.

That's not the situation and you know it. Why are you playing stupid? The negotiation isn't work with us or don't - you know what supply chain risk means.

That is apparently false given this situation

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