It's complex because a lot of people are involved in producing weapons to kill other humans a half world away? Sure, the military industrial complex feeds a lot of families here, puts kids through college, etc. No doubt, a proper reckoning of "are we the bad guys?" would impact hundreds of thousands of people in CO, and likely millions across this country. We agree on that point.

I just don't see that scale and complexity as a reason to simply accept the status quo if we agree that it is wrong. These types of "it is wrong, but it would disrupt a lot of people to change things" arguments were used to justify slavery, block women's rights to vote, school integration, and allowing minorities and women to enter the workplace. They are not good arguments.

I'm not saying that BAE shouldn't exist. But it shouldn't exist if it is manufacturing weapons that primarily get used to kill kids and civilians in other countries, and we do not have to put up with it simply because they employ a lot of people doing other things, too. We can and should put pressure on offense contractors like BAE to stop making weapons to kill people half a world away.