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"[..] the goal of making America a better place" This sucks to see from YC. So many of us around the world look to YC as an accessible version of American pros
by newmac 7y ago
"[..] the goal of making America a better place"
This sucks to see from YC. So many of us around the world look to YC as an accessible version of American prosperity. America is an exclusive and very rich club however.
A bigger impact than improving American government would be: Improving American Democracy. Improving global government.
I know things have changed a lot in America in the last few years, but I didn't realize how pervasive the nationalistic mental model had become.
YC: Do good in the world, please.
- DoreenMichele 7y agoThis is specifically asking for "Government 2.0" startups. I imagine if they framed that as for the world that would be quite the can of worms and potentially interpreted as calling for global governmental overthrow. It's reasonably safe to say "oh, god, the US Has Issues and please help us with it." It's pretty widely accepted that America is shite for a wealthy, developed country by quite a few metrics.
- AlexanderNull 7y agoAmerica is in the world. Next question please. Seriously though, there's millions of people here who have been left out of the exclusive and rich club. The UN repeatedly dings the USA for the standard of living of many of our citizens and our terrible legal/justice system. So much of our government meant to help those people is either deliberately underfunded or mismanaged and can use all the help it can get. How the heck can we figure out how to help government abroad when we can't even get our own right?