I strongly believe that businesses should stay out of politics - no matter what the rhetorics and controversies are. They are built by efforts of lot of differe

I strongly believe that businesses should stay out of politics - no matter what the rhetorics and controversies are. They are built by efforts of lot of different people and someone at the top shouldn't get to decide what is good for everybody. It's bad enough that editorial boards of major news media goes out and openly endorse political leader. That completely destroys their neutralism and ability to serve news without bias. Its equally bad that that outgoing president who is supposed to stay out of politics is now using his powerful position to change the election. Fundamental principle of democracy is that you have to trust the people to make the right choice. If you can't then you shouldn't have democracy. The argument that the big powerful entities are expected to forcefully shut down the candidate because he/she is deemed not "normal" or morally corrupt is bad for democracy. You need to let people decide that with their vote. So the last thing we want is businesses start firing their employees for holding different political beliefs. May be there is a red line somewhere, for example, real Nazi party coming in to existence without any pretense whatsoever. It would make sense then if POTUS, businesses and major media openly rebels against it. But outside of those extreme cases where do you draw that line is anyone's guess and convenience. Y-Combinator is doing absolutely the right thing for the current situation, IMO. PS: I do not endorse any candidates at this point. Above statements are NOT the endorsement for Trump or anyone else. This is what I believe should be the core principles for functional democracy that allows for different opinions.