I enjoy my job. Can't say I don't. But really I'm a hypocritical asshole for doing it. Build lasers, construct quantum encryption systems, and otherwise utilize the wonderful world of photonics for destruction's sake. Wonder if we'd really use a missile-guidance system for good or for blowing more Aye-rab countries up.
It's funny really. In many ways working for a defense contractor has only enhanced my libertarianism. I've seen it myself: flush a million tax dollars down some black hole and all is okay. God forbid you lose a stapler, though.
But working for AdvR inherently violates everything I stand for. I'm against the Iraq War yet I owe my income to it. I am the epitome of a war profiteer.
It's not that that bothers me. To the contrary - it's the fact that working for a defense contractor DOESN'T bother me that bothers me. I basically get paid to work for a military-insustrial complex responsible for the mass murder of hundreds of thousands around the globe. How is that any different than working for the mafia? I wish that it bothered me but it doesn't.
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