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I don't get why people are up in arms in here. It's YC prerogative to keep working with Thiel, it's project Include prerogative to cut them off because of it. I
by loso 10y ago
I don't get why people are up in arms in here. It's YC prerogative to keep working with Thiel, it's project Include prerogative to cut them off because of it. I always believe in voting with your dollar. If something bothers you bad enough, don't attend, purchase, or anything else that you feel will support the company/person.
Trump is my personal line in the sand. Not the Republican party but Trump in particular. But I will only pull back my dollars if a company is actively publicly supporting him.
As long as you are voting with your dollar and not trying to get someone banned by the government or put in jail then I say have it. Why be uncomfortable in what your dollars are being used to support?
- fatbird 10y agoAs I get older, I care less about arguing on the Internet or organizing boycotts or pressure groups. I feel like the only meaningful act I can make is to vote with my feet or my wallet. So, Project Include: go for it. Don't want to have associations with Thiel and Trump? Walk away from YC. You're in charge of what you do. If others whine about how your exit somehow threatens their freedom of speech, then they clearly don't understand freedom of speech.
- allendoerfer 10y agoThey are not voting against Thiel but against YC, which itself is not voting against Thiel. So in your analogy you would have to ban the whole Republican party, because Trump is its candidate.
- loso 10y agoIt wouldn't be ban, its more I'm not giving money or working with the Republican party because Trump is your candidate.