I think my first clue was when their CEO hired a bunch of teenage hackers to sack the government and exfiltrate all our data.

I didn't really need a second clue.

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DaiPlusPlus 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

My first clue was when he libelled the diver during the Thailand thing in 2018; it was all downhill from there.

...it was quite the sting because I bought a Tesla car only 2 weeks prior to that.

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cliglot 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The first clue should have been when all the Silicon Valley CEO’s lined up to kiss the ring after the second Trump victory. Remember it wasn’t that long before that “woke” tech companies were derided and accused by the same factions they suddenly found themselves in good standing with. There were entire pushes regarding section 230, etc. to go against social media companies, constant complaints about “Facebook” jails and shadow banning. Now they’re all buddy buddy.

Anyway, ghouls like Thiel are now a well known name among populist left and right as an enemy, so maybe some good may come from this.

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grim_io 7 hours ago | parent [-]

I mean, do people expect companies to protect them from a tyrant they themselves elected?

Not necessarily speaking of the present. This seems to be the general sentiment.

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afavour 7 hours ago | parent [-]

If the tyrant goes against established law, yes.

(an aside but the majority of the US population didn't elect Trump. He is in office because of the electoral college. Might seem like a distinction without a difference but I think it matters when we're implying personal culpability)

	▲	jimbokun 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		No. First term he lost the popular vote, second term he won it. If you just mean a majority of eligible voters did not vote for Trump, that’s true for every US President in my lifetime.

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27183 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

It's not a subtle pattern.

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bckr 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Most people don’t know about that because they live in an information bubble handcrafted by the oligarchs.