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Tech's political apathy and it's failure to share with the country on a decade of wealth building share the blame for the precarious situation we are in. We ca

by d136o 10y ago

Tech's political apathy and it's failure to share with the country on a decade of wealth building share the blame for the precarious situation we are in. We can still reach outside our bubbles and save Democracy from these demagogues. https://m.facebook.com/dextbarton/posts/10101084012079930 https://m.facebook.com/dextbarton/posts/10101084012079930 https://ourrevolution.com https://ourrevolution.com https://www.aclu.org https://www.aclu.org

cromwellian 10y ago
But again, it's racist scapegoating. The majority of Silicon Valley CEOs are white, and an even higher percentage are white outside of Silicon Valley. So here we have white racist nationalists whining about the few successes of minority immigrants (Sundar, Satya, etc) while ignoring how women and minorities have had a hard time getting into the upper echelons in general. Yes, middle America is facing a crisis in the New Economy as their jobs are automated away, but it doesn't fully explain the Trump/Bannon phenomena. Poor voters voted for Clinton, the average Trump voter salary was above $50k. You cannot fully explain away the Trump phenomena with the Michael Moore explanation. And if people let themselves get racially baited, believe fake news, scapegoating minorities, we can't blame tech workers alone, except perhaps maybe we can blame Facebook for not filtering lying and racist propaganda stories.
- d136o 10y ago
  To be clear, yes it's totally racist and they have the gumption to deny it with a straight face [1]. Those loud and prejudiced voices have commandeered a large number of people. 140 chars for everyone and this is the result, it's a sad sad reflection. Luckily we don't have to be agnostic and apathetic about these views. It's been good to see Google and Facebook recently announce banning fake news from their ad platforms, as well as Twitter. I hope it's not too late. [1] http://www.npr.org/2016/11/16/502304157/breitbart-editor-steve-bannon-has-no-prejudices http://www.npr.org/2016/11/16/502304157/breitbart-editor-ste...

by d136o 10y ago

cromwellian 10y ago

But again, it's racist scapegoating. The majority of Silicon Valley CEOs are white, and an even higher percentage are white outside of Silicon Valley. So here we have white racist nationalists whining about the few successes of minority immigrants (Sundar, Satya, etc) while ignoring how women and minorities have had a hard time getting into the upper echelons in general. Yes, middle America is facing a crisis in the New Economy as their jobs are automated away, but it doesn't fully explain the Trump/Bannon phenomena. Poor voters voted for Clinton, the average Trump voter salary was above $50k. You cannot fully explain away the Trump phenomena with the Michael Moore explanation. And if people let themselves get racially baited, believe fake news, scapegoating minorities, we can't blame tech workers alone, except perhaps maybe we can blame Facebook for not filtering lying and racist propaganda stories.

d136o 10y ago
To be clear, yes it's totally racist and they have the gumption to deny it with a straight face [1]. Those loud and prejudiced voices have commandeered a large number of people. 140 chars for everyone and this is the result, it's a sad sad reflection. Luckily we don't have to be agnostic and apathetic about these views. It's been good to see Google and Facebook recently announce banning fake news from their ad platforms, as well as Twitter. I hope it's not too late. [1] http://www.npr.org/2016/11/16/502304157/breitbart-editor-steve-bannon-has-no-prejudices http://www.npr.org/2016/11/16/502304157/breitbart-editor-ste...