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tech community seems to have shifted to the political right in the last few months. where on the internet can you even speak up right now? Or what can be done
by tayo42 2y ago
tech community seems to have shifted to the political right in the last few months.
where on the internet can you even speak up right now? Or what can be done in person? people voted for this.
- api 2y agoFew months? The really huge shift started back with Gamergate and similar things.
- chadcmulligan 2y agoeven reddit seems to be trending to the right, which is odd
- tayo42 2y agoMaybe, maybe I'm misremembering but I think younger then millennial generations are more conservative now. I heard an interesting point, that most younger people (like mid 20s) have had trump and things he says be part of a significant part of their lives. This is all normal
- smgit 2y agoSpeaking is over rated. Many from Tech spoke up after WikiLeaks and during Arab Spring/Tahrir Square. Guess who is in charge over there today? Generals. Other option would have been religious loonies. For the simple reason the military and religious people are better organized. Tech is not an organized around anything. Its just a diverse bunch rowing in whatever directions the tools they are familiar with allow them too.
- sidibe 2y agoThe "tech community" is used to label both the very liberal on average big tech employees and the PayPal Mafia/VC people who have very different politics. Lately the latter have been much louder.