> what is different this time around? Why is politics suddenly a relevant topic here? Because the tech sector is now explicitly and unabashedly political. Mus

> what is different this time around? Why is politics suddenly a relevant topic here? Because the tech sector is now explicitly and unabashedly political. Musk, for example, is flipping fascist salutes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smQNNo2a9xc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smQNNo2a9xc And censoring speech: https://www.techdirt.com/2025/02/03/musk-shows-us-what-actual-government-censorship-on-social-media-looks-like/ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/02/03/musk-shows-us-what-actua... And helpfully calling an astronaut "fully retarded": https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/20/elon-musk-iss-deorbit-00205268 https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/20/elon-musk-iss-deorb... https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1892584783064052114 https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1892584783064052114 And seeking to wreck Wikipedia, one of the internet's greatest projects: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/02/elon-musk-wikipedia/681577/ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/02/elon-... And mocking a blind man who disagrees with him for being blind: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/02/17/elon-musk-x-target-critics-federal-employees/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/02/17/elon-mu... And threatening companies with government interference if they don't advertise on Twitter: https://www.wsj.com/business/media/x-hinted-at-possible-deal-trouble-in-talks-with-ad-giant-to-increase-spending-feb122a6 https://www.wsj.com/business/media/x-hinted-at-possible-deal... And so on and so on. It's grubby stuff. This is what so much of the tech industry is now. You can't be afraid to look at what it has become.