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There is a large socialist/anti-capitalist/woke movement on Twitter and a somewhat in the real world as well. I assume PG would like to call all those people ou
by bob33212 6y ago
There is a large socialist/anti-capitalist/woke movement on Twitter and a somewhat in the real world as well. I assume PG would like to call all those people out directly. But he cannot because in the current media and social climate the news summary will read:
"Older White SV Billionaire living in England tells poor American minorities to stop complaining because their politics would lead to an economy with less innovation."
I don't think he is wrong. Some of these very progressive goals can have unintended consequence, but he isn't in a position where he can say those things due to his professional and personal expectations which he has to conform to.
- eat_veggies 6y agoWhat are those unintended consequences of progressive goals that he can't say out loud? I assume you're an independent thinker who can spell them out for us.
- bob33212 6y agoI don't claim to be an independent thinker. That sounds like a false dichotomy to me. The consequence would be that the Twitter mobs would go after YC and YC companies asking them to cut ties with PG
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- SpicyLemonZest 6y agoAB 5 in California is the best example I can think of. It would have been a disaster for workers in most if not all affected businesses; it had to start with dozens of exemptions, and AB 2257 a few months ago added a dozen more. But because AB 5 was written towards the well-meaning progressive goal of good pay and benefits for workers, it's most likely going to stay there, and "lobby the legislature for an AB 5 exemption" will just become part of the cost for building a new industry sector in California.
- JMTQp8lwXL 6y agoIf it only exists on Twitter, but not in the real world, then why is it worth addressing or expending emotional energy or essays on?
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- doc_gunthrop 6y ago> There is a large socialist/anti-capitalist/woke movement on Twitter and a somewhat in the real world as well.
- meheleventyone 6y agoIf that's true then this essay is hilarious. Independent thinkers are the ones adhering to the capitalist status quo rather than the people trying to challenge it? Sounds backwards.
- Apocryphon 6y agoIt’s the libertarian- particularly Objectivist- myth that valorizes the (capitalist) individual.