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Andreessen- and Thiel-backed defense startup opens U.S. missile factory as it exits stealth (www.cnbc.com)
submitted 3 days ago by Mustachius_Grumpius@thelemmy.club to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[โ€“] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Man, all these tech bro defense companies all have with disturbingly religious or kinda overtly evil-adjacent (Palantir) overtones.

This is fine; I am fine with this.

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[โ€“] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Not sure where covenant is from exactly but Thiel has a hard-on for LoTR company names.

[โ€“] Flower@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 days ago

We'll see it as a sign evil can only corrupt existing names, it can't create new names.

[โ€“] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 days ago

Pretty terrible media literacy for a white supremacist to take inspiration from a story where a white man has the right to rule by virtue of his genetics and must defeat the dark-skinned hordes.

Or something.

[โ€“] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[โ€“] Telorand@reddthat.com 6 points 3 days ago

It should be a huge red flag to everyone that he seems to identify with the bad guys in stories. And yes, I include the aforementioned "imaginary friends."

[โ€“] icantthinkofone@piefed.social 6 points 3 days ago

leeches have to go where the blood is

[โ€“] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 days ago

I'm curious how the pre-existing big players in the MIC would react to this. Perhaps just buy it. Low cost is fine, low price is not.