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Exactly. Silicon valley is bending the knee to political institutions, not taking them over.
by paxys 1y ago
Exactly. Silicon valley is bending the knee to political institutions, not taking them over.
- dangus 1y ago[flagged]
- heroprotagonist 1y agoMore like, several wealthy people from Silicon Valley funded campaigns to put a government in place which is now encouraging Silicon Valley and other business to bend the knee to the political institutions. It's not always simple to be precise..
- watwut 1y agoSilicon valley is not bending the knee. For quite a few of these people, this is the government they wanted and worked hard to get.
- SpicyLemonZest 1y agoI just don't think that's true. Silicon Valley moguls vary in just how vehemently they endorse skilled immigration, but none of them wanted or suggested an illegal $100,000 H1B application fee. A couple did get tricked by promises that the Trump regime would be more favorable to tech than it's turned out to be.
- convolvatron 1y agoas has been pointed out here, there is some subtlety. surely the cost of $100,000 a head is more significant to some businesses than others. and don't forget that the administration made it clear that they can make an exception to certain employers or sectors for whatever reason
- harimau777 1y agoI don't think that the government doing a handful of things that Silicon Valley dislikes necessarily means that overall the corpos don't support MAGA. That could just be the cost of doing business.
- hippo22 1y agoReally? I think Silicon Valley _loves_ the H1B fee. Prior to the fee, everything was purely a lottery. There was no pay-to-win. Now there is. Silicon Valley has the most money to spend here, so they get the most talent.