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If only it was simple rage bait. As a member of this thing we call "civilization" I can't help but wonder how the hell we got to this point. #rhetorical
by dkresge 2mo ago
If only it was simple rage bait. As a member of this thing we call "civilization" I can't help but wonder how the hell we got to this point. #rhetorical
- projektfu 2mo agoVery few voices were complaining about flying killer robots in and around the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, and more and more people seem comfortable with the status quo. I guess things like fire-and-forget anti-tank missiles led the way. The future is Skynet.
- Narishma 2mo agoLike with many issues, people will only complain when it affects them directly. And by then it's usually too late to do anything about it.
- beardedwizard 2mo agoWhy do talented engineers keep going to work for these companies and building it?
- tomaskafka 2mo agoBecause otherwise the opponent absolutist regime would be the only one to wield the tech.
- xyzelement 2mo agoIt's absolutely ridiculous that this needs to be stated.
- beardedwizard 2mo agountil you are on the wrong side of an absolutist regime I guess
- spaqin 2mo agoWhy do talented engineers keep going to work for FAANG?
- beardedwizard 2mo agoI dont know, I wish I did.
- beachy 2mo agoIn the example of Ukrainians, to protect their families and loved ones.
- YurgenJurgensen 2mo ago“Attack drones” have been around for basically as long as civilisation itself. It’s just a recent development that they’ve been made out of metal and not meat. So we never got to this point, we’ve been at this point the entire time.