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The american tech industry in general and YC specifically used to be softly, subtly technofascist. The last 18 months it has been shifting more towards overtly

The american tech industry in general and YC specifically used to be softly, subtly technofascist. The last 18 months it has been shifting more towards overtly so. This is another notch on that ratchet, rather than a totally new thing.

onepointsixC 2y ago
Silicon valley’s foundation is building tools of war to defeat fascists. Today we face a new revisionist expansionist ethno state, and their tech companies are lock step with their government in matters of military and espionage. We can choose to either defend our democracy and the world’s most diverse nation or not.
- giraffe_lady 2y ago
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  - onepointsixC 2y ago
    I’m talking about the US and China, which is the great power competition of our time.
    - giraffe_lady 2y ago
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- throwpoaster 2y ago
  Hear, hear!
- sofixa 2y ago
  > Silicon valley’s foundation is building tools of war to defeat fascists Entirely by accident - the US wasn't fighting fascists for some ideals of democracy and freedom, or to liberate conquered peoples, or to save Jews being slaughtered; but because the fascists were invading and declaring war left and right, including against the US. Without Japan attacking, and Germany joining, the US would have probably sat the war out (of course still contributing a lot of armaments and loans to the UK, but that was probably as far as the public and Congress would have allowed things to go). > the world’s most diverse nation The US doesn't even make the top 50 other than in religion, which doesn't count IMO (because US subreligious groups are incredibly close to one another): https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/most-diverse-countries https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/most-dive... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_ethnic_and_cultural_diversity_level https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_ethnic_an...
labster 2y ago
You don’t have to be a fascist to support the arms industry existing. Oddly enough, even some libertarians think that having a military is a good thing for governments to do. Military strength is a Red Queen’s race; you need to run just to stand still.
15155 2y ago
"Every political idea I don't like" is automatically "fascism."

onepointsixC 2y ago

Silicon valley’s foundation is building tools of war to defeat fascists. Today we face a new revisionist expansionist ethno state, and their tech companies are lock step with their government in matters of military and espionage. We can choose to either defend our democracy and the world’s most diverse nation or not.

giraffe_lady 2y ago
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- onepointsixC 2y ago
  I’m talking about the US and China, which is the great power competition of our time.
  - giraffe_lady 2y ago
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throwpoaster 2y ago
Hear, hear!
sofixa 2y ago
> Silicon valley’s foundation is building tools of war to defeat fascists Entirely by accident - the US wasn't fighting fascists for some ideals of democracy and freedom, or to liberate conquered peoples, or to save Jews being slaughtered; but because the fascists were invading and declaring war left and right, including against the US. Without Japan attacking, and Germany joining, the US would have probably sat the war out (of course still contributing a lot of armaments and loans to the UK, but that was probably as far as the public and Congress would have allowed things to go). > the world’s most diverse nation The US doesn't even make the top 50 other than in religion, which doesn't count IMO (because US subreligious groups are incredibly close to one another): https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/most-diverse-countries https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/most-dive... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_ethnic_and_cultural_diversity_level https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_ethnic_an...

labster 2y ago

You don’t have to be a fascist to support the arms industry existing. Oddly enough, even some libertarians think that having a military is a good thing for governments to do. Military strength is a Red Queen’s race; you need to run just to stand still.

15155 2y ago

"Every political idea I don't like" is automatically "fascism."