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hopefully we all remember just how deeply fucking stupid and selfish the entire upper strata of silicon valley is.

elon is easy, but Sundar and Bezos were just as weak and pathetic when it came to it.




Early in my career I had this naive starry eyed vision of tech industry being “one of the good people.” Google’s “don’t be evil” motto, companies building stuff to actually help people, solving interesting problems, good work/life balance, etc.

Then I grew up. But after post covid boom layoffs and the last election, I realized it’s no different than any other industry including tobacco and oil who actively harm the public for short term gains. I hate that upper strata with a passion.


Then I grew up.

I don't think it's you, or me, or us. Tech changed, not us.

The tech industry ethos of the 1960's and 1970's was exterminated by the same get-rich-quick crowd that ruined real estate, broadcasting, and a dozen other industries.


The fervor and excitement over developing AI to replace their employees, who they view with outright contempt, has been particularly eye opening as well.


This is what happens when you build a capitalist system based on quarterly results


Sundar really shouldn't be grouped in there. He's just an employee, not an owner.


he's in charge of the company until and unless they sack him, and he chose to give money to Trump and to stand around like a supplicant, same as the rest.


> he's in charge of the company until and unless they sack him

No, not exactly, he is given orders how to run it. A CEO cannot go against the owners, he is just there as an administrator/bureaucrat. A CEO that doesn't follow the owners orders will stop being a CEO very quickly, just like any other worker that doesn't follow orders.




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