Lockheed-Martin doesn't commit war crimes, the governments you elected or didn't, do the war crimes. They're a weapon and aeronautical reasearch, development, and manufacturing company. Building weapons and planes and jets is something every single nation on Earth does (or buy from those that do). This is just as silly as Coca-Cola sponsoring Pride, maybe even more so if you knew what they've been up to.

Corporations are not your friend or ally, rainbow or not. It doesn't matter what they support because they are all in some way evil. But if people want their support in Pride, why not?

[–] ZMoney@lemmy.world 14 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Corporations want to be perceived as people, and they are protected by law as such. A person who knowingly manufactures weapons that are being used to commit a genocide is a psychopath. Psychopaths typically feign empathy to appear normal and blend in with society. Lockheed Martin supporting Pride is an example of such behavior.

Of course corporations are profit maximization engines, not people. By allowing them to act like people, we are normalizing psychopathy.

[–] TheControlled@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

That ship sailed centuries ago.

[–] ZMoney@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago

Cool. Enjoy your dystopia.

[–] volodya_ilich@lemm.ee 13 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Bold of you to assume that there's no cause-effect relation between what Lockheed-Martin execs deem profitable, and whatever policy the US takes. Lobbying is a thing, and the same investors that put money in military conglomerates, put money into lobbying and into media. If you can't see how the existence of powerful capitalist companies that make weapons is detrimental to a democracy, I don't know what to tell you.

What's this bullshit? Now we can't criticise the military conglomerates because "they're just companies doing company things"? Nah fuck that and fuck Lockheed Martin, selling weapons to an imperialist government makes you as bad as the imperialist government.

[–] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The same plant makes missiles for Ukraine and bombs for Israel. Corporate doesn't care, the governments need to instead.

[–] volodya_ilich@lemm.ee 5 points 6 months ago

"Corporate shouldn't be criticised for selling weapons to murderous governments because they're just trying to make a profit". What an absolute shit of a take

[–] menas@lemmy.wtf 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I hope you where paid by Lockheed-Martin. Don't make unfair competition to public relationship