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OpenAI exec becomes top Trump donor with $25M gift

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Re: OpenAI exec becomes top Trump donor with $25M gift

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Post by beepbooptheory »

darthnebula wrote: post #17

What he does with his own money is none of anyone's business. I live in a state where it is pretty evenly divided between parties. I have friends who support Trump and friends who don't like him. All of them are nice people who have valid reasons for who they support. Demonizing people because they don't agree with you is detrimental to society and it is not sustainable.

Just an aside but this sentiment can't help feel a little comical just maybe at this moment. Like it all sounds right and we have heard it all before, but you can almost hear the impotent rehearsal of it in our current context.

Like where has the decency gone am I right??

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Post by frogperson »

darthnebula wrote: post #17

What he does with his own money is none of anyone's business. I live in a state where it is pretty evenly divided between parties. I have friends who support Trump and friends who don't like him. All of them are nice people who have valid reasons for who they support. Demonizing people because they don't agree with you is detrimental to society and it is not sustainable.

Im sorry, but you can not support trump and be a good person. Your either dont pay attention or you are lieing to yourself and others.

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Post by [deleted] »

smackeyacky wrote: post #11
ulfw wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is this some kind of joke? Do you Americans really think this is okay? Bribing presidents and influencing future elections with multi millions of dollars? What does this all still have to do with Making the World a Better Place and all that other dumb shit Stanford and Google and all these other Silicon Valley institutions blurted out for decades?

The answer is yes. Americans are fine with this.

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Post by [deleted] »

frogperson wrote: post #22
darthnebula wrote: post #17

What he does with his own money is none of anyone's business. I live in a state where it is pretty evenly divided between parties. I have friends who support Trump and friends who don't like him. All of them are nice people who have valid reasons for who they support. Demonizing people because they don't agree with you is detrimental to society and it is not sustainable.

Im sorry, but you can not support trump and be a good person. Your either dont pay attention or you are lieing to yourself and others.

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Re: OpenAI exec becomes top Trump donor with $25M gift

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Post by moogly »

Not to defend this fiend, but it might be because the White House got mad at him and his wife for first donating $50M to another society destroying super PAC.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/white-...

Still means he's more than fine with fascism.

This is why people using the "voting with your dollar" argument need to never use that ever again.

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Post by thiht »

simianwords wrote: post #4

This is obviously not ideal but what would have been a better alternative? Democrats are pushing anti tech agenda without understanding the consequences. And this is not because democrats are stupid, it’s because there’s a large population who feels the same way.

"Democrats made Trump do it". Classic bullying speech.

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Post by egorfine »

simianwords wrote: post #16
egorfine wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Democrats are pushing anti tech agenda without understanding the consequences Do they? I would like to read more about that, could you please point out an article or source? I'm not a US citizen nor I live in the States, but I am curious.

https://youtu.be/zJHYVzB4Nu0 Example. I don’t think I’m cherry picking however. This is broadly the same sentiment in the left.

Ah, yes, I have seen excerpts of this speech.

Not sure this represents all Democrats and the official position of the Democratic Party though.

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Post by deeg »

darthnebula wrote: post #17

What he does with his own money is none of anyone's business. I live in a state where it is pretty evenly divided between parties. I have friends who support Trump and friends who don't like him. All of them are nice people who have valid reasons for who they support. Demonizing people because they don't agree with you is detrimental to society and it is not sustainable.

In 2015 I was mostly both-sides but Trump is completely different. Supporting trump at this point means you are not a nice person.

Re: OpenAI exec becomes top Trump donor with $25M gift

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Post by simianwords »

egorfine wrote: post #27
simianwords wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

https://youtu.be/zJHYVzB4Nu0 Example. I don’t think I’m cherry picking however. This is broadly the same sentiment in the left.

Ah, yes, I have seen excerpts of this speech. Not sure this represents all Democrats and the official position of the Democratic Party though.

https://ocasio-cortez.house.gov/media/press-releases/ocasio-...

Re: OpenAI exec becomes top Trump donor with $25M gift

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Post by lazide »

thiht wrote: post #26
simianwords wrote: post #4

This is obviously not ideal but what would have been a better alternative? Democrats are pushing anti tech agenda without understanding the consequences. And this is not because democrats are stupid, it’s because there’s a large population who feels the same way.

"Democrats made Trump do it". Classic bullying speech.

Eh, I take it as more ‘duh, what did you think was going to happen’?

Which at the national politics level, seems fair.

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