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What part of what I said is hyperbole? If you work for a defense contractor that is what you do for a living. Make shit to kill people over seas.

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Yes, I'm sure that's what every single employee does, including the software engineers, HR people, managers, receptionists, and janitors.

Yes.

The software engineers rather directly.

The others are there to support the software and other engineers.

I'm tempted to resort to hyperbole of my own, but suffice to say that if you work for a defense contractor, the fact that your job doesn't directly contribute to people being exploded does not absolve you.

Absolve you of what? Supporting your countries armed forces? What a terrible sin.

Supporting the armed forces when we face a realistic and imminent threat, from an enemy we can actually name, is a fine thing. We are not in that situation by any stretch.

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