Clerks - Death Star Contractors
Why Hacker News recommends it
Invoked as a joke or analogy whenever contractors or employees work for a morally dubious or doomed organization.
What it is
A short scene from the film Clerks in which two characters debate whether the independent contractors killed on the second Death Star were innocent victims. It is a comedic discussion of moral responsibility.
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Cites ethbr0 · 2023-03 · on “UBS Agrees to Buy Credit Suisse in Historic Deal to End Crisis”
Because there's a part of HN too young to appreciate your comment, it's a reference to a debate in Clerks about independent contractors working on the Death Star II: [this video]