Silicon Valley has its roots in serving the government in the war effort back in the 1940's, so I agree that it's not really realistic to hope for a separation between the two entities. They are very much in a symbiotic relationship.
So, you think there is a logical connection between the companies of the .com era, who cut their teeth on the sharing of animated cat pictures, and those who built computers to calculate artillery tables?
There's no denying that government military funding helped kick off Silicon Valley, as did DARPA and the Internet, but to say that means today's entrepreneurs in the valley are apt to serve military war interests is pure guilt by association, and a weak link at best.
> but to say that means today's entrepreneurs in the valley are apt to serve military war interests is pure guilt by association, and a weak link at best.
They are as "apt" as anyone else, which is to say very; The government wields big carrots and sticks.
