JA WestenbergEvery time a tech company says “We’re focused on improving the user experience,” a beloved feature dies, they add chatGPT and their CEO donates $100m to the nearest Nazi
Howard Phillips@Daojoan Agreed for the most part, but unless we're talking about literal Nazis (like the ones imported into every level of government and intelligence by Operation Paperclip), it seems rather reductive to just say Nazis.
Cassandrich@HPlovedaft @Daojoan Um, who do you think it is they're giving to that's not "literal nazis"?
@HPlovedaft @Daojoan No, I want you to stop JAQing off in folks' replies with vague claims that the folks they've made giant donations to "aren't actually nazis".
Establishing that they're donating to nazis does not require a list of everyone they donated to. What I want to know is who, among the vile parties they've made large donations to that the rest of us agree are nazis, you think is "not a literal nazi".
@dalias @Daojoan Nowhere did I refute their claim, I simply said it's reductive to just say Nazis. The issue is far more nuanced than just "Red V Blue" or "Nazis V Commies".
Anyone slightly right of center who sees a post like this is just going to roll their eyes and keep scrolling instead of actually engaging.
@HPlovedaft @Daojoan It's not nuanced. I'll spell it out clearly. People who keep Mein Kampf by their bedside are nazis. People who make nazi salutes are nazis. People who make & act upon plans to exterminate scapegoat racial or gender groups are nazis. People who willingly collaborate with nazis are nazis. People who vote for nazis are nazis. The entire Republican party is nazis.
If you actually believe these companies have not donated giant amounts of money to any of the above, I have an NFT of a bridge to sell you...
@dalias @Daojoan I feel like you're intentionally misrepresenting my argument, I don't disagree with the fact that there are Nazis being donated to, I'm sure there are.
I disagree with the disingenuous use of the term Nazi here when the vast vast majority of silicon valley is left wing.
It implies that the majority if not all donations are going to far right causes when in fact the vast majority of money flowing in big tech is going to left wing orgs.
@HPlovedaft @Daojoan There was never an implication that "the majority if not all donations are going to nazis". IDGAF if they give $100M to some spineless Dems "to make up for" giving $100M to literal nazis. The latter is utterly damning and there is nothing you can do to atone for giving *anything* to nazis short of wiping out those nazis.
The idea that "vast vast majority of silicon valley is left wing" is utterly bonkers wrong, but a common misconception. Everything about SV is hardcore technofascist. A lot of the workers might *fancy themselves* left wing, but they won't stand in the way of their bosses collaborating with nazis (and they probably agree with the nazis on lots of the bs about "undesirables" and homelessness/"crime").
The few who would have already been ousted for doing so.