Yes yes, my tinfoil protected brains thinks the same!

Or wait, maybe just flamewar style debates are not so welcome here, so people flag instead have another debate about who is more evil?

People can pretend whatever they want, but this affects technology heavily too.

Everything you buy has to be shipped. That needs gas. Everything with plastic has oil in it.

Economic downturns/depressions/panics affect investment and the amount of money available for companies to keep running. Plus consumer/business demand. Especially hard on startups who aren’t profitable or don’t even have a product out yet.

Even if you ignore the extremely obvious political stuff, this will directly affect the entire audience here.

As if the endless deluge of AI, Meta Glasses and Flock camera articles are full of friendly banter.