No matter how many times ive been let down, betrayed, disappointed, or screwed over by politicians, even ones I used to support, I never became a fucking nazi, and I dont even have billions of dollars to console myself
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So I know most regulars here are gonna bitch about succs or whatever alienating big tech, but uh, these companies aiding and abiding fascism the moment it monetarily benefits them seems like an argument *for* heavier regulation to me, not against it.
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What a shame. Now that they have chosen a side, we just have no choice but to punish them in the next round.
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Interesting article. Maybe some of you should read it lol
Some of the sources, particularly on Marc Andreessen, are telling of the “vibe shift” that Biden’s Tax and Regulatory policy were having on the views of those at the top of the Big Tech hierarchy. Also the bit on how “Status” is a big thing Tech lost on the left is probably a good point to be made. By 2022 at the latest, being “Big Tech Skeptical” had become fully bipartisan.
While at the same time, showing that donations and general favorably of Democrats amongst the “rank and file” serves as a good counterbalance against being too rash.
It’s true, Tech is pivoting right. But it could be for no other reason than Trump won, and has been very clear that his allies will get favor and his critics will get his teeth.
Will this pivot create structural alliances between Republican and Tech? To me, it’s too early to tell.
It will depend on how deep it goes into the rank and file, which depends on how bought in the execs are on buying favor. There is an advantage for Dems in how Tech still “lives” in liberal bubbles, education pathways especially, but who knows how sustainable that advantage is.
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>In January 2017, [Sergey Brin rallied beside progressive activists](https://www.cnbc.com/2017/01/29/googles-sergey-brin-joins-anti-travel-ban-protests-at-san-francisco-airport-says-im-a-refugee.html) at San Francisco International Airport to protest Donald Trump’s travel ban. Eight years later, the Google co-founder [sat with right-wing nationalists](https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2025-01-20/who-attended-trumps-inauguration-the-billionaires-and-far-right-leaders-who-gathered-at-the-swearing-in) at Trump’s second inauguration.
>Brin is far from the only tech mogul who has (apparently) warmed to Trump in recent years. [Mark Zuckerberg once bankrolled liberal causes](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/24/technology/mark-zuckerberg-trump-politics.html). Now, the [Facebook founder dines with America’s favorite insurrectionist](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c87x98q8y08o)at Mar-a-Lago. In 2016, Marc Andreessen argued that Hillary Clinton was [the “obvious choice”](https://www.vox.com/2016/6/14/11940052/marc-andreessen-donald-trump-hillary-clinton) for president, and that any proposal to choke off immigration “makes me sick to my stomach.” Last year, [Andreessen endorsed Trump](https://techcrunch.com/2024/07/16/andreessen-horowitz-co-founders-explain-why-theyre-supporting-trump/).
>And, of course, Elon Musk has gone from being an [Obama-supporting](https://www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-journey-obama-trump-aligns-americans-2004490) [climate hawk](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/may/05/elon-musk-we-need-a-revolt-against-the-fossil-fuel-industry) to quite possibly the single most influential [advocate for](https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/elon-musk-great-replacement-conspiracy-theory-1234941337/) — and [patron of](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/elon-musk-277-million-trump-republican-candidates-donations/) — far-right politics in the United States.
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The dem succs alienated them
**Money**.
Saved you a click.
No matter how many times ive been let down, betrayed, disappointed, or screwed over by politicians, even ones I used to support, I never became a fucking nazi, and I dont even have billions of dollars to console myself
So I know most regulars here are gonna bitch about succs or whatever alienating big tech, but uh, these companies aiding and abiding fascism the moment it monetarily benefits them seems like an argument *for* heavier regulation to me, not against it.
What a shame. Now that they have chosen a side, we just have no choice but to punish them in the next round.
Interesting article. Maybe some of you should read it lol
Some of the sources, particularly on Marc Andreessen, are telling of the “vibe shift” that Biden’s Tax and Regulatory policy were having on the views of those at the top of the Big Tech hierarchy. Also the bit on how “Status” is a big thing Tech lost on the left is probably a good point to be made. By 2022 at the latest, being “Big Tech Skeptical” had become fully bipartisan.
While at the same time, showing that donations and general favorably of Democrats amongst the “rank and file” serves as a good counterbalance against being too rash.
It’s true, Tech is pivoting right. But it could be for no other reason than Trump won, and has been very clear that his allies will get favor and his critics will get his teeth.
Will this pivot create structural alliances between Republican and Tech? To me, it’s too early to tell.
It will depend on how deep it goes into the rank and file, which depends on how bought in the execs are on buying favor. There is an advantage for Dems in how Tech still “lives” in liberal bubbles, education pathways especially, but who knows how sustainable that advantage is.
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