a guy I know shared an anecdote recently of a customer yelling at them because military vehicles were out of commission due to them not having the part in stock. there is no other supplier for this part, and they are generally made to order with a lead time of months.
in that case, the company makes parts used in all sorts of machines all over the world, and the engineers aren’t the ones selling the parts to militaries killing children. the specific part, however, was for a military vehicle. and somewhere in that chain, an engineer said yeah this is fine. multiple of them. along with many other people who thought it was fine to make and sell this product. and even though the guy I know held the personal opinion that it’s a good thing those vehicles were out of commission and unable to help kill children, he didn’t shut down the sale.
sadly true
a guy I know shared an anecdote recently of a customer yelling at them because military vehicles were out of commission due to them not having the part in stock. there is no other supplier for this part, and they are generally made to order with a lead time of months.
in that case, the company makes parts used in all sorts of machines all over the world, and the engineers aren’t the ones selling the parts to militaries killing children. the specific part, however, was for a military vehicle. and somewhere in that chain, an engineer said yeah this is fine. multiple of them. along with many other people who thought it was fine to make and sell this product. and even though the guy I know held the personal opinion that it’s a good thing those vehicles were out of commission and unable to help kill children, he didn’t shut down the sale.