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American VC money is distinct from American government money. The same cannot be said for Saudi, Qatar, UAE, Russia, the Central Asian kleptocracies, and to som
by wp381640 8y ago
American VC money is distinct from American government money. The same cannot be said for Saudi, Qatar, UAE, Russia, the Central Asian kleptocracies, and to some extent - China, etc.
- sneak 8y agoThe people who are ultimately in charge of Google Ventures fly from a federal government airport on taxpayer subsidized jet fuel, and are currently embroiled in a dispute with their labor force about building ML tools for the military’s drone program—with the leadership being the initiators of the program and the objections coming from the rank-and-file. Don’t be so sure of the lack of integration here. If they’re willing to bend for China’s censorship, why wouldn’t they bend for any manner of much-more-palatable (to them) directives from their home government?