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I don't think that's all ethics related stuffs. The Pentagon's something different for me. I'm a Chinese and I definitely know that the Pentagon WILL use technology to fight against us. Should I write code for them? Or I should trust them not abusing?

If your country is on the other side of NATO, what do you think?



The internet as we know it was invented due to a Department of Defense Initiative...

Besides that, if you complete work for the US government just assume the chinese government is going to have access to it eventually ;)


If you've willingly chosen to reside in the US then your tax dollars are supporting this work regardless of who fulfills the contract.


Though extremely difficult, it's possible to exist in the USA without paying any tax to any entity.

You would have to be unemployed, receive food and water through non-sales-tax-included methods (like living in New Hampshire or going to a local soup kitchen or boiling grass), and never own a home or rent even.

Well come to think of it, you could probably eat sleep and drink at a casino all day, if it's on native land.


Yeah, but why? That sounds awful


I mean, that's why I said it would be extremely difficult. This is a thought experiment, similar to thinking about what happens when you cross the event horizon-- death obviously, but other interesting things too.


yeah but you're still paying for a service from a provider which pays tax to the government


No, I literally described situations where nobody is paying taxes. Most shops in NH and non-profits don't make enough revenue to pay taxes on it.

And native american land by it's definition is not taxed.




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