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Sam Altman Returns to Political Fund-Raising
- bigfishrunning 2y ago[flagged]
- thrance 2y agoI just read up on Mark Warner, he doesn't look that bad. At the very least he seems to stand with Ukraine and against fascist dictators, which is weirdly enough a minority in Congress nowadays.
- panzagl 2y agoWarner's a relic of a different time, unfortunately.
- gkoberger 2y agoEh, Sam's actual politics are actually empathetic and smart behind the scenes. Which makes his recent kissing-of-the-ring so disappointing.
- TylerE 2y agoActions scream. Words whisper.
- gkoberger 2y agoI agree. This wasn't a defense, it was disappointment. In a lot of ways, this is worse than the true believers out there.
- TylerE 2y agoI don’t think we do. I am saying that what some does is their “actual politics”.
- gkoberger 2y agoNow we're just getting into semantics. But I do agree that what people do is more relevant than what they believe.
- jonesetc 2y agoThis is a very rich man, he is not being forced to do anything. What he does is what he believes and you don't need to spend time coming up with a complex explanation past that. He needs no one's charity.
- epoxia 2y agoCould you write your comment better than this? It's pretty obvious you are baiting someone into asking "why?". But your comment by itself adds nothing to the conversation.
- gkoberger 2y agoSam is liberal, but being a republican is better for business these days. He's more of a survivalist than anything else. I really wish Sam stood by his convictions. He has the money to make a difference (see: Elon, although obviously Sam has less).
- DoingIsLearning 2y ago> Sam is liberal, but being a republican is better for business these days. He's more of a survivalist than anything else. That's a lot of words to say he is a hypocrite. Seems to be a recurring leadership theme in this new post-civil deglobalization reality.
- gkoberger 2y agoAgreed. This wasn't a defense. I'd argue it's worse.
- stetrain 2y ago> but being a republican is better for business these days Unless your business is directly impacted by tariffs being applied or reverted on a weekly basis.
- gkoberger 2y agoEven then, easier to get an exception (or avoid tarrifs on your product) if you spent the money to sit behind him at his inauguration.
- zzzeek 2y agothat's exactly when you want to pay your $5M fee to have a private session with Trump at Mar a lago, pledge fealty, and get your exception. then make sure you behave lest he changes his mind and has DOGE mess you up.
- insane_dreamer 2y ago> lest he changes his mind and has DOGE mess you up sounds like Don Corleone and Luca Brasi
- jjice 2y agoNever made one of these, but I think this helps get around the paywall: https://archive.is/LU7FT https://archive.is/LU7FT
- ipsum2 2y agoVirginia has the most number of datacenters in the US, including major large datacenters for Meta/Google/AWS. Might be an angle for OpenAI to get some zoning passed.
- stackskipton 2y agoZoning in State/Local issue so fundraising for Federal Senator isn't going to help you with that. More likely Mark Warner is moderate Democrat AND very influential with DoD and Government Contractors. OpenAI needs revenue bad and selling some overpriced plans to the Government is great way to get hooked up to some easy cash flow.
- waltercool 2y ago[dead]