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Can you explain how you think YC cutting off ties with Peter Thiel would decrease the likelihood (even infinitesimally) that Donald Trump becomes president? Th
by mlinsey 10y ago
Can you explain how you think YC cutting off ties with Peter Thiel would decrease the likelihood (even infinitesimally) that Donald Trump becomes president? There are a number of tangible things an individual could do to help defeat Trump, but personally shunning a Trump supporter (even one as prominent as Thiel) seems more like a gesture designed to signal your own purity as opposed to doing anything concrete to prevent Trump from becoming president. If anything, it would probably be used as further evidence by the most conservative 30% of the country that Silicon Valley is their enemy.
- idlewords 10y agoI don't think it would have any effect on the election. The real importance is to people in our industry, and young people who are thinking of entering our industry.