The journalist taking on the 'tech fascists' of Silicon Valley
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#2whole title (since HN has so low title character limit...):
‘If we don’t fight back, we don’t have a future’: the journalist taking on the ‘tech fascists’ of Silicon Valley
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#5I have one broader point.
Unfortunately, some people have started calling everyone they disagree with a fascist. Elon Musk is a fascist. Peter Thiel is a fascist. Marc Andreessen is a fascist. And list goes on..
But these people (and many other Silicon Valley entrepreneurs), are better described as libertarians (perhaps techno-libertarians?). I am not saying that ideology is good or bad, but it is not the same as fascism.
Using the word “fascist” so loosely weakens the argument and makes the entire discussion intellectually dishonest. It also trivialize the historical horrors of the Holocaust.
Re: The journalist taking on the 'tech fascists' of Silicon Valley
#6I have one broader point. Unfortunately, some people have started calling everyone they disagree with a fascist. Elon Musk is a fascist. Peter Thiel is a fascist. Marc Andreessen is a fascist. And list goes on.. But these people (and many other Silicon Valley entrepreneurs), are better described as libertarians (perhaps techno-libertarians?). I am not saying that ideology is good or bad, but it is not the same as fas…
Does it? Many of those same persons are sponsoring the horrors of the 21st century as well.
Re: The journalist taking on the 'tech fascists' of Silicon Valley
#7I have one broader point. Unfortunately, some people have started calling everyone they disagree with a fascist. Elon Musk is a fascist. Peter Thiel is a fascist. Marc Andreessen is a fascist. And list goes on.. But these people (and many other Silicon Valley entrepreneurs), are better described as libertarians (perhaps techno-libertarians?). I am not saying that ideology is good or bad, but it is not the same as fas…
Does it? Many of those same persons are sponsoring the horrors of the 21st century as well.
> Many of those same persons are sponsoring the horrors of the 21st century as well.
What? Which horrors of the 21st century are you thinking of when you say this?
Re: The journalist taking on the 'tech fascists' of Silicon Valley
#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
Does it? Many of those same persons are sponsoring the horrors of the 21st century as well.
> Many of those same persons are sponsoring the horrors of the 21st century as well. What? Which horrors of the 21st century are you thinking of when you say this?
A few ongoing wars come to mind, and techno feudalism with offshoring slaves.
Re: The journalist taking on the 'tech fascists' of Silicon Valley
#9Good interview with him on Monocle Radio's The Foreign Desk on August 1.
Re: The journalist taking on the 'tech fascists' of Silicon Valley
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Many of those same persons are sponsoring the horrors of the 21st century as well. What? Which horrors of the 21st century are you thinking of when you say this?
A few ongoing wars come to mind, and techno feudalism with offshoring slaves.
> slaves
Come on. Which one of the accused in the article (CEOs of Meta, Google, Apple, Amazon and OpenAI, Thiel, Andreessen, Musk, etc.) are guilty of slavery?