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Moral weight isnt absolute. Just because you don't put much weight on what america and by extension its citizens is participating in, does not mean everyone else should. Its interesting you assume someone who's concerned about minimizing harm would even consider working for Raytheon to begin with.
You also described the palestinian genocide as a system outside our control, which you'd really need to elaborate on. Why are google employees quitting over their assistance of israel in genocide?
The argument that if a vote doesnt end up going to one of the two most likely candidates, that its the same as going to one of them anyways makes no sense. Why anyone would count votes they didnt get is beyond me.
I do put weight on it. I simply ascribe that weight to their lifelong careers rather than their fleeting political selections.
I agree. But then I'd argue individual votes, even whole elections, don't matter much in a heavily privatized economy.
The only issue I have is that not everyone is lifelong careers deep into all of this. Some people have made good attempts to minimize their harm while taking care of themselves and their families.
You make it sound like the average american has been working for the military industrial complex for 25+ years.
Hardly the average American. But the average rich American? Much closer to the mark.