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hate to see that tech leaders getting into politics
by vincentjiang 8mo ago
hate to see that tech leaders getting into politics
- ajross 8mo agoI'd prefer to see more of them do so, personally. That said, to watch Tan wading into a local fistfight about school curriculum and housing zoning and whatnot in the age of ICE abduction, targetted political prosecution and wanton macroeconomic regulatory chaos seems... frustrating. I mean, I kinda agree with him about most of the centrist stuff. But really, Gary? This is what you need to be spending your money and time on?
- bhouston 8mo agoGarry seems motivated by being against a wealth tax and this is also likely the reason other ultra rich people will donate to his dark money fund: https://finviz.com/news/277038/y-combinators-garry-tan-warns-ro-khannas-policies-could-destroy-california-startups-set-back-us-innovation-by-decade https://finviz.com/news/277038/y-combinators-garry-tan-warns...
- awnird 8mo agoGarry is chummy with musk and trump. His motivation here is to protect the pedophile class.
- johnnyanmac 8mo agoI wouldn't even be surprised at this point. Seems like the files will unironically unravel 90% of the elite class at this rate. What an absolute pathetic hill to die on. You have the riches to fund entire industries, explore the whole world or even beyond, to please any hedonistic pleasure you have... but many chose to do one of the 3 unthinkable things in modern humanity.
- terminalshort 8mo agoWow. So it's not even good enough that he agrees with you. You demand that he also prioritizes in the same order as you?
- ajross 8mo agoI dunno about "demand". But sure, I think most of us would prefer people prioritize like we do. And in particular many of us would view this kind of hobby project as tone deaf and tell people about that in public. My freedom to tell Tan (or you) that he's being an idiot stems from the same place as his freedom to spend his own money on what he wants.
- diggyhole 8mo agoOr do you hate that their politics don't align with yours?
- estearum 8mo agoNah, I don't even know what Garry's politics are. I hate that there's so much money in politics in general.
- diggyhole 8mo agoFair enough.
- shimman 8mo agoEveryone should hate people that believe in undemocratic principles.
- CamperBob2 8mo agoHot take: what has democracy done for us lately? Besides re-electing Donald Trump? If something can't go on forever, it will eventually stop. That applies to any system that gives stupid people the same political voice as the rest of the electorate. I mean, it seems kind of obvious, doesn't it?
- amarcheschi 8mo agoAsk yourself which class can gain something by having trump as president rather than any other democrat (it's not the working class)
- CamperBob2 8mo agoExactly. So why'd the "working class" vote for him?
- amarcheschi 8mo ago
- spicymaki 8mo agoWell on the bright side it's a complete mask off moment for the tech community. I think it is good for these people to expose themselves to the public. They will show you who they really are if you let them. “If the broad light of day could be let in upon men’s actions, it would purify them as the sun disinfects”. -- Louis Brandeis
- skybrian 8mo agoFor one person in the tech community. And apparently he was already "out?" (The article goes into his history in supporting political causes.)
- pbreit 8mo agoWhy is that?