You’re oversimplifying things. If the evil overlord ™ demands to build weapons of mass destruction, is the proud engineer with a family of 5 who designs them innocent?
I think there’s a big difference between the person pulling the trigger and the person assembling the gun, even if ultimately both of their actions were required for a murder to happen.
When I was in high school, I excelled in math and science, so I was pushed super hard to go into engineering for college. I ended up changing majors eventually, but holy shit did I not understand just how strong the engineering school -> “defense” industry pipeline is. They recruit engineering students hard
It was an eye-opening experience, realizing just how many people were comfortable working for these companies as long as they got a fat paycheck
You’re oversimplifying things. If the evil overlord ™ demands to build weapons of mass destruction, is the proud engineer with a family of 5 who designs them innocent?
‘only following orders’
Well this whole thing is going down a rabbithole, but personal accountability should factor in.
I think there’s a big difference between the person pulling the trigger and the person assembling the gun, even if ultimately both of their actions were required for a murder to happen.
When I was in high school, I excelled in math and science, so I was pushed super hard to go into engineering for college. I ended up changing majors eventually, but holy shit did I not understand just how strong the engineering school -> “defense” industry pipeline is. They recruit engineering students hard
It was an eye-opening experience, realizing just how many people were comfortable working for these companies as long as they got a fat paycheck