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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 whattheheckheck »

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.

Governance and partipation in democracy requires informed consent and those that govern do NOT in good faith check in with those they govern.

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Post by whattheheckheck »

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.

Yeah supporting Trump is a bright stamp on your head that youre an ignoramus, completely vile, and/or a sociopathic predator who needs to be investigated because of they support a blatant rapist criminal what else do they let slide in their life.

They demonized themselves when they support a demon. There is no negotiating with bad faith sociopaths. Its been 10 years of crime after crime, are you blind? Do you read anything?

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Post by array_key_first »

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.

Tech is one of the most important tools in propping up a fascist state, through digital share cropping, surveillance, and propaganda. The right is currently, and has been, on a descent into fascism. The left understandably does not want that.

Ergo, they have an anti-fascist position, which currently also means they have an anti-tech position. And yes, I work in tech as a developer.

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Post by array_key_first »

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.

This reads like a lack of conviction. If you're willing to be friends with people who do deplorable things, that's your business. That's not a sign of maturity. That's cowardice, weakness, and an almost pathetically pathologic need to be liked. As an alternative to simply throwing your beliefs away in the pursuit of image, consider therapy. It worked for me.

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

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Post by ulfw »

egorfine wrote: post #12

Non-american here, so I genuinely have no clue and I would like to know: Does that donation mean that Greg Brockman personally supports what Trump is doing today in the US?

I mean would you spend $25,000,000 of your money on something or someone you do not support?

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

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Post by egorfine »

ulfw wrote: post #36
egorfine wrote: post #12

Non-american here, so I genuinely have no clue and I would like to know: Does that donation mean that Greg Brockman personally supports what Trump is doing today in the US?

I mean would you spend $25,000,000 of your money on something or someone you do not support?

I can image quite a few cases where I would.

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Post by Paratoner »

westmeal wrote: post #15
smackeyacky wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The answer is yes. Americans are fine with this.

I'm not fine with it but when you have a bunch of people who listen to their Instagram feed what are you gonna do?

I'm not gonna do anything, and passively throw my hands up and let the world end, because eh, wcyd amirite bros? unlucky!

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

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Post by westmeal »

Paratoner wrote: post #38
westmeal wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm not fine with it but when you have a bunch of people who listen to their Instagram feed what are you gonna do?

I'm not gonna do anything, and passively throw my hands up and let the world end, because eh, wcyd amirite bros? unlucky!

Do you have any suggestions?
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