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

  • volodya_ilich@lemm.ee
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    5 months ago

    The fact that anyone, let alone LGBTQ+ people, can go to the streets holding a “Lockheed Martin” sign and not get shamed into dropping it, shows we’re failing as a society

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        5 months ago

        They also make a motherload of AGMs including hellfires & mavericks which the IDF used exclusively to nuke Gaza and its residents into oblivion.

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          5 months ago

          Weapons can be used for liberation or oppression at the same time. Lockheed doesn’t get to say who they sell to.

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            5 months ago

            OK, so your earlier comment was saying they’re good for sending (selling) weapons to Ukraine. Then you say they can’t be held responsible for the bad things. If they can’t be responsible for the bad, then they also don’t get credit for any good.

          • OBJECTION!@lemmy.ml
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            5 months ago

            Weapons can be used for liberation or oppression at the same time. Lockheed doesn’t get to say who they sell to.

            Yes, you’ve identified the problem.

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                  5 months ago

                  So only the American government can sell Lockheed martin arms? Then the corporation is no longer liable for any harm their weapons cause since they have no power or agency in how they are used. Are you really sure you know your position here?

                  • OBJECTION!@lemmy.ml
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                    5 months ago

                    Wow. I genuinely don’t know how you managed to come up with that, it’s genuinely impressive.

                    Try: “Manufacturing weapons of war for profit when you can’t guarantee that they won’t end up in the wrong hands is unethical and war profiteering corporations should not exist.”

        • Norah - She/They@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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          5 months ago

          How about we don’t use the word nuke, in the context of military actions, unless actual nuclear weapons were involved? Because Israel is the one country on Earth that has them but hasn’t declared as such. And they have repeatedly threatened to use them on Gaza as some sort of act of god.

      • volodya_ilich@lemm.ee
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        5 months ago

        Call me crazy, but if you save a granny from getting run over by a car, and the next thing you do is pull out a gun and shoot a pregnant woman in the face, I don’t think people are just gonna forget the latter act of violence because of your former act of compassion.

        • Cethin@lemmy.zip
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          5 months ago

          Also, they aren’t doing it an act of compassion either. They’re being paid stupid amounts of money. I’m not going to thank someone for walking a granny across the street if they were paid a few million dollars to do so.