Silicon Valley's Ambivalence Towards Trump Turns to Anger
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Re: Silicon Valley's Ambivalence Towards Trump Turns to Anger
#2Personally, I find this "turn to anger" a little hollow/self-serving. Nothing Trump has done so far is in any way out of line with what he was saying on the campaign trail - the only people who are surprised by his actions are the people who took a "he's not being serious, it's just talk" view when evaluating his speeches. I wish SV companies and executives could have had this "turn to anger" back when it mattered and helped avert this when it was easiest to do so - before the election.
Re: Silicon Valley's Ambivalence Towards Trump Turns to Anger
#3Personally, I find this "turn to anger" a little hollow/self-serving. Nothing Trump has done so far is in any way out of line with what he was saying on the campaign trail - the only people who are surprised by his actions are the people who took a "he's not being serious, it's just talk" view when evaluating his speeches. I wish SV companies and executives could have had this "turn to anger" back when it mattered an…
Hollow, maybe. Too little too late, probably. Self-serving??
Re: Silicon Valley's Ambivalence Towards Trump Turns to Anger
#4Personally, I find this "turn to anger" a little hollow/self-serving. Nothing Trump has done so far is in any way out of line with what he was saying on the campaign trail - the only people who are surprised by his actions are the people who took a "he's not being serious, it's just talk" view when evaluating his speeches. I wish SV companies and executives could have had this "turn to anger" back when it mattered an…
What was the tech sector supposed to do? Go campaign in Wisconsin for Hillary?
Tech was already shoveling tons of money into her campaign. Bezos-owned Washington Post was about as Anti-Trump as a news organization can be.
Re: Silicon Valley's Ambivalence Towards Trump Turns to Anger
#5All talk no action. This is the definition of 'for show'. If they wanted, the ultra rich valley billionaires and companies could affect real change by leveraging their power.
But these are the same companies and people who tacitly approved of Trump and did nothing to stop his election, or even try to educate people.
I'm looking at Google, who are now trying to woo Republicans !
Re: Silicon Valley's Ambivalence Towards Trump Turns to Anger
#6Personally, I find this "turn to anger" a little hollow/self-serving. Nothing Trump has done so far is in any way out of line with what he was saying on the campaign trail - the only people who are surprised by his actions are the people who took a "he's not being serious, it's just talk" view when evaluating his speeches. I wish SV companies and executives could have had this "turn to anger" back when it mattered an…
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Re: Silicon Valley's Ambivalence Towards Trump Turns to Anger
#7I don't like Trump's policies any more than anyone else here, but I think that it's wrong for companies to play a role in politics. A company like Google was created by its shareholders with the purpose of making money by providing Internet search services. Taking political positions would subvert the goal for which Google was created.
If some of Google's shareholders want to pursue political goals instead of providing search services, they can take their money out of Google shares and start a PAC. This is precisely the reason why Sergey Brin said that he does not represent Google when he was at the protest at SFO yesterday.
Re: Silicon Valley's Ambivalence Towards Trump Turns to Anger
#8I don't like Trump's policies any more than anyone else here, but I think that it's wrong for companies to play a role in politics. A company like Google was created by its shareholders with the purpose of making money by providing Internet search services. Taking political positions would subvert the goal for which Google was created. If some of Google's shareholders want to pursue political goals instead of providi…
Politics can impact revenue. Do you not think the oil companies strongly support and play politics with Republicans?
Re: Silicon Valley's Ambivalence Towards Trump Turns to Anger
#9"Ambivalence?" All I've been hearing on HN for the past year plus is comparisons to fascism, the Nazis and the Anti-Christ.
That said, at least Mussolini made the trains run on time and the Nazis were pretty efficient, which is more than can be said for the Trump administration's first week...
Re: Silicon Valley's Ambivalence Towards Trump Turns to Anger
#10I don't like Trump's policies any more than anyone else here, but I think that it's wrong for companies to play a role in politics. A company like Google was created by its shareholders with the purpose of making money by providing Internet search services. Taking political positions would subvert the goal for which Google was created. If some of Google's shareholders want to pursue political goals instead of providi…
Companies are political, and politics affects them (eg regulation). Any time you have two humans disagreeing about a course of action, you have politics.