Lessons from Russia: Silicon Valley Needs to Start Speaking Out About Trump(nytimes.com)
10 points by binning 5 hours ago | 7 comments
- zickle 3 hours agoNot a chance they will. The one thing everyone knows is that Silicon Valley cares only about profit and power. It is indifferent to democratic freedoms and actively hostile to them if it costs them money, and it's hand in glove with the rising tide of authoritarianism.
- gsky 3 hours agoThey would not have funded Trump in the first place if they loved the democracy.
- throwawaysleep 4 hours agoSV is in large part to blame for Trump being there. The crypto and VC types are MAGA types and frankly, Democratic retaliation in the future should focus heavily on those groups.[-]
- ctack 3 hours agoIt’s possible they also see the storm coming and are too scared to do anything either.[-]
- throwawaysleep 3 hours agoNo. Many of them like Marc Andreessen, Elon Musk, and Jeff Bezos were all aboard.
- adamors 3 hours agoThere might not be a Democratic retaliation anytime soon. Orban has been in power for 15 years in Hungary, and Trump is adopting a lot of his playbook. In addition, Trump also has a paramilitary force.