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I'm very far to the left, but the military made almost all the major inventions that silicon valley has packaged up for consumer use. The iPhone is nothing but
by rjkennedy98 8y ago
I'm very far to the left, but the military made almost all the major inventions that silicon valley has packaged up for consumer use. The iPhone is nothing but a collection of technologies designed for war. GPS, small cameras, the internet, ect were all designed by the military not by Silicon Valley.
- ridewinter 8y agoThe hackers contracting in the 60s for the government and military were hardly conservative. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/25/arts/25conn.html https://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/25/arts/25conn.html
- bachbach 8y agoThe point though is that some people in SV think that a monoculture of liberals were/are behind everything and that is just not true. Technology is a full spectrum ideological bloodsport.