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Yes precisely. It's ok to talk about supporting Clinton but saying you support Trump brings instant retribution. I don't support either and even that wasn't som

Yes precisely. It's ok to talk about supporting Clinton but saying you support Trump brings instant retribution. I don't support either and even that wasn't something I could publicly state without great risk. Just like look at some VC's Twitter accounts.

nickpsecurity 10y ago
The funny thing is that the VC model of maximizing the return on investment for a few while giving little to the many is the prime M.O. of Republican business. They also tend to target middle class and up in their offerings rather than aiding the poor. Hell, even the VC model promising it will deliver enough unicorns to make up for the others the fund loses money on is reminiscent of real estate promises & profit extraction of Trump's. Just quite a bit less bullshit and more well-off people getting results on Silicon Valley's end of that. ;) So, they can't talk down to Trump supporters in businesses given all the overlap created by their elites extracting profits from bubbles or uncertain markets they create with little concern for others. There's certainly differences like with the immigration discussion. There's more common ground than they'd like to admit, though. Except for Thiel whose seems to be clear that Trump and his interests align. It might just be Thiel's personality but the business strategies match, too. That part was barely discussed here at least when I was in the YC vs Thiel threads.
- LBXrRkxx 10y ago
  It's EXACTLY as much bullshit.
  - nickpsecurity 10y ago
    Trumps scams benefited hardly anyone but him at cost of many. The SV model created many companies that benefited large numbers of people, a few disrupting entire industries for the better, most of the wealth going to a tiny few as usual, and possibility it's a bubble that can pop. Much, much, less bullshit than what Trump was doing. Much more benefit overall. They're not the same. I'd take SV businesses over Trump's businesses any day.

nickpsecurity 10y ago

The funny thing is that the VC model of maximizing the return on investment for a few while giving little to the many is the prime M.O. of Republican business. They also tend to target middle class and up in their offerings rather than aiding the poor. Hell, even the VC model promising it will deliver enough unicorns to make up for the others the fund loses money on is reminiscent of real estate promises & profit extraction of Trump's. Just quite a bit less bullshit and more well-off people getting results on Silicon Valley's end of that. ;) So, they can't talk down to Trump supporters in businesses given all the overlap created by their elites extracting profits from bubbles or uncertain markets they create with little concern for others. There's certainly differences like with the immigration discussion. There's more common ground than they'd like to admit, though. Except for Thiel whose seems to be clear that Trump and his interests align. It might just be Thiel's personality but the business strategies match, too. That part was barely discussed here at least when I was in the YC vs Thiel threads.

LBXrRkxx 10y ago
It's EXACTLY as much bullshit.
- nickpsecurity 10y ago
  Trumps scams benefited hardly anyone but him at cost of many. The SV model created many companies that benefited large numbers of people, a few disrupting entire industries for the better, most of the wealth going to a tiny few as usual, and possibility it's a bubble that can pop. Much, much, less bullshit than what Trump was doing. Much more benefit overall. They're not the same. I'd take SV businesses over Trump's businesses any day.