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I'm not in the US, not American, though I have lived in the US portions of my life. I'm going to go so far as to say it us unamerican to mix business with poli

I'm not in the US, not American, though I have lived in the US portions of my life. I'm going to go so far as to say it us unamerican to mix business with politics to the level that you are suggesting here. The rhetoric in the US about one against the other is quite ridiculous. Families are worried or even unable to celebrate Thanksgiving dinner because not everyone can agree on their political affiliations. We should identify in our belief in something, not against, and a belief in a party or an individual is just asking for trouble. Let me ask you this. If you had a life threatening illness, would you ask your doctor what party they are going to vote for? That's kinda what you're asking here. You're asking if YC is involved in who the founders they invest in are going to vote for. Ignoring the fact that many of the founders are in the US on a visa, and probably don't care one way or another. Can't Palmer be both a Trump supporter and liberator of Ukraine?

solardev 2y ago
In the US, our democracy doesn't really respond to the whims of everyday people. Between the two party system, campaign financing, the electoral college, etc., voting doesn't really do a whole lot. So boycotts become an alternative avenue to change, or at least another place to vent frustration. It flip flops every few years though, like with the diversity and equity stuff that was so popular a few years ago and now getting shut down. The average person here has zero power to affect anything at all in Washington, so yelling at companies is all we can do lol. Wall St is somewhat more responsive than our elected officials. Kinda sad, but that's the country for ya.