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the people who run YC and Hacker News have Peter Thiel's phone number. that's all I'm saying
by zzzeek 1y ago
the people who run YC and Hacker News have Peter Thiel's phone number.
that's all I'm saying
- notahacker 1y agoThey're too busy writing brave, orthodoxy-challenging essays about wokeness...
- toomuchtodo 1y agoThey would call and say what? "Go home you crazy weaponized narcissist, you're drunk on power and delusions of techo authoritarianism." If you're challenging someone who can hurt you, you should not approach until you are highly confident you are going to win, whatever that looks like. I hope the folks mentioned are, and continue to remain, somewhere safe while this plays out.
- zzzeek 1y agoMore like they'd come out publicly against what Thiel and Palantir are doing, given that they are members of, and colleagues within, the same communities of moneyed tech leadership.
- toomuchtodo 1y agoAnd...what would that change about what Thiel and Palantir doing? A strongly worded letter will not lead to meaningful change against someone who does not care.
- zzzeek 1y agohuh? public figures should not speak out against things they disapprove of, particularly by people they are known to be closely associated with? at the very least they should do it for themselves, to publicly distance themselves from something they disapprove of. Otherwise, we assume they approve, and that is the actual point of my post, which is as long as they stay silent about their colleague, we have to assume YC types have no problem with this stuff. (which we knew anyway. but their silence confirms it). like here's most of RFK Jr.s actual family saying he should resign: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/rfk-jrs-family-members-call-for-his-resignation-say-he-is-a-threat-to-americans-health https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/rfk-jrs-family-members... what losers! they should have said nothing and stayed silent. because what's the use right? The use is at the very least, we know that they, the immediate family members, do not approve of their sibling's actions.