The thing is, it's not that Basecamp is apolitical. Politics is fine if it's the founders doing the politics. DHH has been very vocal in the last few months in

The thing is, it's not that Basecamp is apolitical. Politics is fine if it's the founders doing the politics. DHH has been very vocal in the last few months in public tirades against Apple, government lobbying, etc. While he has every right to his views, he's also the public face of Basecamp. So it comes across as a teeny bit hypocritical to issue a no-politics diktat on his workforce. The real problem with Basecamp isn't the no politics thing. The problem is that the company exists for the personal gratification of its two founders, and it's one rule for them and one rule for everyone else. If you're on board with that, fine, but maybe for some employees this was just the final straw.