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Bearish on YCs turn to the military industrial complex. It basically means that they've given up on trying to create 0-to-1 paradigm shifting products and would rather sucks on the pentagon's teat.

https://x.com/ycombinator/status/1832131654447722545?t=PJszKEEX5MHwnMDLGGEOfQ&s=19

Thoughts on YC’s move into defense tech?

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To think you don’t need defense tech is to buy into the ZIRP induced Fukuyaman trap that Liberalism has won in the west

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Also double edged sword… yes, we need the Andurils of the world on our side for deterrence. OTOH, Silicon Valley is both becoming more powerful, while also acquiring a profit motive for war.

I think of it less as a us versus them; more just that defense is going to exist

Things are not often black and white. It’s hard to talk about these things with clarity except that threat of conflict will often be with us as long as we are human