Nobody, really. America put it's full faith in a software industry that we thought was socially progressive, and then got sucker-punched by the realization that

Nobody, really. America put it's full faith in a software industry that we thought was socially progressive, and then got sucker-punched by the realization that money was the only thing keeping people civil all along. Now greed rears it's ugly head, and Americans on both sides of the aisle insist they didn't know the monster was under their bed. I won't mince words, either. A lot of it stems from the "hero worship" culture that HN promotes and defends without a second thought. We anthropomorphize business leaders that don't exhibit a lick of personality, and take notes on their every unconscious choice. When we examine Sam Altman or Tim Cook or Sundar Pichai, we're not seeing that person's individual expression. We're watching a station, a seat that is filled by a human body but no more embodied by humanity than the seat itself. Simply put, these executives are obvious tools and only now are we willing to admit that. Really, we should have all known we were fucked when we discovered that America's luxury imports and textiles were made with slave labor. Did our nation suspend those business deals after proving that they depended on blatantly unethical practice? Nope, because America cannot function without new Yeezy and iPhone models coming out on an annual basis. Fascism is our just desert for letting money and illegal influence triumph over self-determination.