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Nazism is not illegal in the US. Copyright infringement is. Easier to stand up for your principles if government doesn't threaten you directly.
by alwayslikethis 4y ago
Nazism is not illegal in the US. Copyright infringement is. Easier to stand up for your principles if government doesn't threaten you directly.
- mschuster91 4y agoWhat I don't get is why all the tech companies don't put their money where their mouth is - and do the same that MAFIAA, radical Christians, Big Oil, Big Ag, Big Tobacco etc are doing: massively donate to young, tech focused aspiring politicians' campaigns, donate to the Democratic Party (or progressive parties in other countries), and otherwise engage in barely legal bribery. We don't really need to wonder why we have octogenarians with zero clue how the Internet works in power (every Congressional investigation about anything tech is enough meme fodder for the rest of the year)... the tech industry might be absurdly large in financial terms, but it is a complete joke in political lobbying.
- Mountain_Skies 4y agoAm I misreading your comment or are you seriously stating that the tech industry doesn't lavish support on Democrats?
- mschuster91 4y agoOn the 2022 midterm campaigns, the only tech-focused donor to Democrats was Sam Bankman-Fried of all people [1]. [1] https://thehill.com/lobbying/3720141-here-are-the-biggest-donors-in-the-midterm-elections/ https://thehill.com/lobbying/3720141-here-are-the-biggest-do...
- tedivm 4y agoNot every tech worker is a billionaire, or even millionaire. I would say more of the tech workers donating are doing it in much smaller amount, but the aggregate is likely fairly high. That said most VCs aren't progressive, they're libertarian (until their bank crashes).
- bauruine 4y agoBecause they don't care at all about progressive politics and their mouth just says what the most vocal people want to hear. It's all just woke washing.