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Internal propaganda is strong.
I'm sure they're told that they're on the side of good guys and they're SAVING THE CHILDREN(well, the white ones anyway) or some other such nonsense.
Just standard defence contractor shit. How will we keep the country safe if we don't make a new more efficient baby grinder? The existing baby grinding machines we have are losing their edge to these newfangled Chinese baby grinder 8000s, if we can't make a baby grinder 10,000 soon our civilization will be destroyed
Our new product, the Torment Nexus, will be available next quarter!
It's the same as working for Google, Meta/FB, Micro$lop, *gas/electric, * Pipeline, * slumlord/acquisition property management, etc. Not that everyone just refuses to live without a few treats. For more than a handful, their job at Evil Inc. is the first, perhaps only break and lifeline they had in a decade. But yes, the bulk of those people, many of whom post on Lemmy, don't wanna give up their venti soy latte.
You're completely correct, there is no ethical consumption in capitalism. If you look closely enough you'll find that we're all made hypocrites in one way or another every time we buy anything.
We can, however, avoid techno-totalitarian fascism with a liberal application of shame and ridicule directed at the educated professionals who make these companies able to operate.
It's a long, slow awakening. Or as Tillie Olsen said,