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There seems to be a weird quasi-anarchist/libertarian streak in tech and SV culture that expects tech companies to be somehow anti-statist and willing to defy t
by krapp 2y ago
There seems to be a weird quasi-anarchist/libertarian streak in tech and SV culture that expects tech companies to be somehow anti-statist and willing to defy the government on principles these companies simply do not have. Maybe it's because for capitalist reasons these companies skirt regulations when they can get away with it? Maybe because they use F/OSS software, and people assume that means they embrace the culture? I don't know why. A lot of people still seem to think Google's "don't be evil" means they're eternally and existentially committed to some standard of moral and ethical purity that even most radical idealists don't meet, or that any tech company having any communication with the government is implicitly nefarious.
Even 4chan complies with law enforcement when they have a valid warrant. No one is going to take a bullet for you or your data.
- CPLX 2y agoReading the book Palo Alto was a serious eye-opener into how SV culture came to be the way that it is. Let's just say this goes way, way back. https://www.amazon.com/Palo-Alto-History-California-Capitalism/dp/031659203X https://www.amazon.com/Palo-Alto-History-California-Capitali...