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[-] dx1@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago

I never would. And never have.

[-] deaf_fish@lemm.ee 0 points 2 days ago
[-] kerrigan778@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

That's actually just something people who sell out their morals say to make themselves feel better. There are absolutely people who don't have a price. It's not particularly many and society and those in power are generally able to deal with them in other ways, but there are in fact people who stick to their lines in regards to money.

[-] deaf_fish@lemm.ee 0 points 1 day ago

It's not about what they could give you, it's about what they could take away.

https://lemm.ee/comment/17037733

[-] AnarchoSnowPlow@midwest.social 12 points 2 days ago

I'd make way more money in defense. I've actively avoided it in my career. I spent one summer at LM as an intern. Never went back.

[-] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

No they don’t.

I could earn double my low salary, as a software developer, working for say a gambling company, but I’d rather make less and not propagate misery from predatory industries.

[-] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Bang on. Right there with you.

I'm working on becoming a game developer but I live in a place chock full of casinos, so looking up "games company" on a map is very disappointing here.

They can sure pay well sometimes, though. The temptation is real. But I really couldn't have any sort of passion for even sweeping their floors, much less constructing flashier products that merely serve to more-efficiently short circuit people's rational thinking into emptying their wallets.

I think the loud secret is that these "games" thrive on desperation en masse, rather than the comparatively few wealthy and "responsible gamblers."

I don't judge the plenty of good folks who make a living doing it because they need to make a living, but I'd rather struggle more towards something I can believe in that doesn't compromise my soul or contribute to ruining anybody's life.

Now if only high moral standards could pay the bills...

Oh well, I'll just keep remembering Matthew 6:26 :)

[-] AstralPath@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 days ago

Some of us don't have our souls up for sale and never will.

[-] Draedron@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 days ago

Bullshit. I prefer being able to sleep at night over being rich.

[-] deaf_fish@lemm.ee -2 points 2 days ago

It's not about what they could give you, it's about what they could take away.

https://lemm.ee/comment/17037733

[-] kerrigan778@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Are the corpo assassins in the room right now?

[-] deaf_fish@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago

I think you're trolling me because you don't have a good counter argument and you are mad.

[-] kerrigan778@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

I'm not mad, I however think you are concocting absurd hypotheticals to make yourself feel better for some reason.

[-] deaf_fish@lemm.ee 0 points 21 hours ago

I feel great right now. But I am concerned I may have to make a choice between providing for my family or making excellent software for lockheed martin at some time in the future. My price is my family's well being and that isn't really a secret.

[-] kerrigan778@lemmy.world 1 points 19 hours ago

Okay? Good for you, you are a somewhat less principled person than some others. Not sure what you're arguing about.

[-] deaf_fish@lemm.ee 0 points 15 hours ago

I'm not arguing with you yet, because the only thing you have done is ask me a troll question. All I know is that you don't like what I have said, but you are too much of a coward to state your own position.

[-] kerrigan778@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

I thought I stated my opinion pretty clearly. I can do it again for you. It is disingenuous to say that everyone has a price, that's just something people say to make themselves feel better about benefiting from compromising their morals. Everyone needs to look at themselves and their principles and make a decision based on their beliefs and their situation. But saying "if I didn't someone else would, anyone would do the same, everyone has a price etc..." is a cop-out.

[-] deaf_fish@lemm.ee 1 points 3 hours ago

So would it be better to say that most people have a price?

[-] kerrigan778@lemmy.world 1 points 8 minutes ago

Sure? But kind of a weird interjection to make at someone saying that they don't.

[-] Donkter@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Sure, my price is making enough money on my first day there to solve world hunger.

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