It's crazy how Silicon Valley used to be the poster child for 'good' capitalism
- Thread starter DrBanneker
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Framing amoral systems in terms of good or bad is silly to begin with.
Rick Fox at UNC
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Wait. What was the point of this thread?
Vandelay
Life is absurd. Lean into it.
Power has to transfer or rotate.
You either die a hero or you live long enough to become the villain.
Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
You either die a hero or you live long enough to become the villain.
Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
DrBanneker
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To contrast how Tech was viewed from the 1970s-1990s to what is has become now in fact and public consciousness.
Just how the framing of Tech Capitalism to the younger generations (and many bought into it) has been shown to have been not only bogus but that they are worse than the previous oligarchs. Tech capitalism was supposedly about harmonizing the business profit motive with genuinely making tech to improve lives and staying out of politics. Bad stuff happened but usually the get rich quick schemes and vaporware were it. This peaked during the Dotcom bom.
Outsourcing from India didn't really pick up until the 2000s and up until the 2010s or so when the social media folks opened the lobbying arms in DC, the only real political involvement of Tech had been the MSFT antitrust trial. The liberals (like Jobs) and the conservatives (like Larry Ellison) didn't really aspire to national political power and influence. They didn't even meddle in Cali politics all too much. This new generation that came up through the Dotcom boom has basically become the WOAT sociopath oligarchs with madmen aspirations of power and control.
DrBanneker
Space is the Place
Yeah I know the Defense Department and Intelligence agencies funded the Valley. See this video for example
Just goes to show following the money and philosophical influences should always outstrip PR.
Also, a breh is now Chair of the Board of Directors for SRI
David Motley - SRI
Chairman of the Board, SRI. Co-founder, General Partner, BTN Ventures
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US Politicians are just stupid and easily played by Corporate CEOs regardless of the industry.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
Biden warns nation about the rise of American tech oligarchs
www.theverge.com
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The tech oligarchy has been here for years
The tech oligarchy has been here for years
What really drove the rise of Biden's 'tech industrial complex', and how to stop it
www.bloodinthemachine.com
Biden warns nation about the rise of American tech oligarchs
Biden warns nation about the rise of American tech oligarchs
“The truth is smothered by lies told for power and for profit.”
www.theverge.com
Why Big Tech turned right
Why Big Tech turned right
Democrats have paid a political price for taking on Silicon Valley — but not a very expensive one.
www.vox.com
Outside of small merchants I really don't think that many "businesses" actually exist. Many of these things get to the point where they begin to get, and then inflate fed contracts to stay alive, which means they have just privatized government. Which means they have made it less efficient.
All their conservative ideology, "economics", will lead us to this moment, as it has led in the past. Im realistic that this will happen again, but optimistic in that it'll be caught earlier in the future.
All their conservative ideology, "economics", will lead us to this moment, as it has led in the past. Im realistic that this will happen again, but optimistic in that it'll be caught earlier in the future.