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> As long as there are options then we can all be happy. I guess. Oppressing others is really not about options. It's one thing to live your life according to your own beliefs and principles, but it's an entirely different thing to feel entitled to selectively impose them onto everyone around you.
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Austin sees mass exodus of ex-Silicon Valley tech companies, here's why
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Re: Austin sees mass exodus of ex-Silicon Valley tech companies, here's why
#42Headline states 'mass exodus', article names three known companies that never actually moved to Austin, then three unknown companies with no context of those companies' workforce or products. Texas has problems, but this isn't journalism.
I'm not sure which article you read, but the one linked to in this discussion mentions:
* VMWare laying off 577 employees in Austin,
* startup founders, like Techstars Managing Director Amos Schwartzfarb, announcing their decisions to leave Austin,
* Meta dropping plans to move to Austin,
* Google freezing plans to move to Austin, in spite of already paying rent.
* TikTok not establishing plans to move to Austin in spite of already leasing office space,
* Don Ward, the CEO of Laundris, announced he would be relocating his company to Tulsa,
* Cart announced it was moving its headquarters out of Austin back to Houston, after spending little over 2 years.
The article is solid journalism. It's a summary of individual news pieces which is tied together by observations from leaders of established companies over their decisions and economic forecasts.
Re: Austin sees mass exodus of ex-Silicon Valley tech companies, here's why
#43Earlier quoted context omitted.
Until his daughter marries and has children. If something goes wrong, they'll let her daughter die before they give medical aid. If she goes somewhere else to get medical aid, they'll jail her on her return. That's the concern.
You're talking about abortion then? My friend is a Catholic, so I'm not sure he approves abortions anyway. Also, are you sure your statement is not exaggerated? IANAL, but superficial googling shows that preserving life, and bodily functions impairment is under exemptions. https://www.texastribune.org/2022/06/24/texas-abortion-law-a... But in any case, this looks like a very activist thing. In general economy always…
https://apnews.com/article/texas-abortion-ban-supreme-court-...
Earlier:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/pregnant-texas-woman-says-...
Imagine being someone going through that, and then having to deal with this nonsense.
Re: Austin sees mass exodus of ex-Silicon Valley tech companies, here's why
#44I'm an experienced product designer with 25+ years of experience. I've been doing a job search across the US. I have three kids, two girls. I will never take them to a place like Texas. It is anathema to my core values as a person and as a parent. I'm shocked that a place like Texas became a draw for tech companies at all.
Why? I find living in Texas (Houston) to be quite lovely, despite disagreeing with the politics.
https://apnews.com/article/texas-abortion-ban-supreme-court-...
Better not get into that mess to begin with, if possible.
Re: Austin sees mass exodus of ex-Silicon Valley tech companies, here's why
#45Re: Austin sees mass exodus of ex-Silicon Valley tech companies, here's why
#46I remember Miami was also going to be the new Silicon Valley at one point, did that end up doing any better?
Better for taxes if you are ultra-rich, but otherwise you will be commuting 1.5 hours into an office in Miami, if you want to live in house that you can afford, with nearby public school where your kid will not be bullied.
Re: Austin sees mass exodus of ex-Silicon Valley tech companies, here's why
#47Earlier quoted context omitted.
Until his daughter marries and has children. If something goes wrong, they'll let her daughter die before they give medical aid. If she goes somewhere else to get medical aid, they'll jail her on her return. That's the concern.
You're talking about abortion then? My friend is a Catholic, so I'm not sure he approves abortions anyway. Also, are you sure your statement is not exaggerated? IANAL, but superficial googling shows that preserving life, and bodily functions impairment is under exemptions. https://www.texastribune.org/2022/06/24/texas-abortion-law-a... But in any case, this looks like a very activist thing. In general economy always…
No, I meant health care. And I meant, jailed for seeking it.
Be as superficial as you like, if it helps you sleep at night. Some of us have real concerns at the extremism sweeping the country.
Re: Austin sees mass exodus of ex-Silicon Valley tech companies, here's why
#48Earlier quoted context omitted.
You're talking about abortion then? My friend is a Catholic, so I'm not sure he approves abortions anyway. Also, are you sure your statement is not exaggerated? IANAL, but superficial googling shows that preserving life, and bodily functions impairment is under exemptions. https://www.texastribune.org/2022/06/24/texas-abortion-law-a... But in any case, this looks like a very activist thing. In general economy always…
There it is, the conservative game, recast everything as their hot-button issue and claim you're their enemy and all wrong. No, I meant health care. And I meant, jailed for seeking it. Be as superficial as you like, if it helps you sleep at night. Some of us have real concerns at the extremism sweeping the country.
The country under discussion has always had a large population opposed to abortion. Gradual changes to the Supreme Court have given that population more influence.
Re: Austin sees mass exodus of ex-Silicon Valley tech companies, here's why
#49I'm an experienced product designer with 25+ years of experience. I've been doing a job search across the US. I have three kids, two girls. I will never take them to a place like Texas. It is anathema to my core values as a person and as a parent. I'm shocked that a place like Texas became a draw for tech companies at all.
Why? I'm not American at all, but have a friend who moved there for a job (with wife, and a daughter), and he seems to be doing fine with everything except climate
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#50Earlier quoted context omitted.
I live in Texas. The values exposed by our state government officials are often at odds with Texans generally - its particularly true for Urban Texans - but even with rural Texans there is a sizable disconnect (see the latest battle about school vouchers). Don't get me wrong, a great many Texans believe in a certain 'good fences make good neighbors' kind of conservatism - even urban ones who are pretty socially liber…
What you are describing is a dynamic that has existed in Texas since the oil boom. I'm also from Texas, and this sort of dominance by a small group of old white men exists at all political levels of scale. It's a place run by "good ole boys" and always has been. Maybe it will change but the circles of power and influence here are very small and very closed to outsiders. It's not a culture that values democracy very h…
Republicans continuing focus on restricting abortion rights - while Texans are culturally on the conservative side, the outright ban, followed by continuing inflexibility (more like unwavering support to the hard right evangelical base) on the issue, is damaging the party in the suburban areas it must carry to carry statewide office.
The Paxton impeachment trial fundamentally exposed the good ol' boy network in Austin - laid it bare to voters across the state. While this network pre-dates RPT control of the lege - I believe on some level it deprives the Republican Party of whatever moral authority it could (and did) claim - also, no matter how the Senate voted, if you watched the trial in depth, Paxton came off with at least a whiff of corruption about him - I believe this also damages the party among suburban voters.
Trump is another factor, and he's generally repellant to college educated suburban voters, particularly college educated suburban voters - also Trump on the ballot (and there is basically zero change he will not be) will juice Democratic turnout.
The final nail in the coffin is demographic change - this one to me is not quite as clear as some pundits think - but the youth are generally more liberal socially than their parents are - and further left economically no matter their social alignment - this also bodes to a sea change coming - and is part of what is driving the political realignment we're seeing - I just dont know the particulars yet, or how its going to shake out - but the realignment that is coming is on the scale of what happened when FDR or Reagan appeared on the scene - an upending of what came before. This event won't really finish until Trump dies - he's the only glue holding together a really.. unstable coalition of voters, until then, we wait.
In the end, I want to implore all Texans to vote and participate in politics, run for office, vote like your life depended on it, implore those around you to vote - not just at the general, but in the primaries too - the politics in the state are shit because not enough voters pick the candidates - which leads to shitty candidates, and then not enough people show up to vote in the general, which leads to those shitty candidates making it into office.
Texas is a great place, culturally, in my humble opinion, one of the greatest and most vibrant in the nation. We can make this a better place - change the status quo - no, better doesn't mean some 'progressive' paradise - but it need not be like this, we can have better and frankly we deserve better from our state government than this.