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submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Picture shows a pride parade. A group of people are carrying a banner that says "LOCKHEED MARTIN" over a rainbow graphic.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (9 children)

Lockheed-Martin doesn't commit war crimes, the governments you elected or didn't, do the war crimes. They're a weapon and aeronautical reasearch, development, and manufacturing company. Building weapons and planes and jets is something every single nation on Earth does (or buy from those that do). This is just as silly as Coca-Cola sponsoring Pride, maybe even more so if you knew what they've been up to.

Corporations are not your friend or ally, rainbow or not. It doesn't matter what they support because they are all in some way evil. But if people want their support in Pride, why not?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

Corporations want to be perceived as people, and they are protected by law as such. A person who knowingly manufactures weapons that are being used to commit a genocide is a psychopath. Psychopaths typically feign empathy to appear normal and blend in with society. Lockheed Martin supporting Pride is an example of such behavior.

Of course corporations are profit maximization engines, not people. By allowing them to act like people, we are normalizing psychopathy.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That ship sailed centuries ago.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

Cool. Enjoy your dystopia.

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