Eh, Elon Musk and the crypo industry are not “Big Tech” to me.
Peter Thiel kinda is, but he’s also kinda a black sheep. And their support of Republicans isn’t exactly surprising.
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piefedderatedd@piefed.social 3 months agoNot sure what you are trying to say (About big tech vs a Fediverse related initiative) but do a search with a search engine for :
"silicon valley" trump
and see how things have changed.
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mosiacmango@lemm.ee 3 months ago
Also because JD Vance is a Peter thiel acolyte, one of the founders of PayPal, the global spying company Palintir, and an early facebook investor. Theil is an avowed monarchist that wants an American king, had come out and said that woman should not be allowed to vote. He pumps endless money into “think tanks” and political races like Trumps to push an incredibly extreme and brutally “the rich are your betters” policy forward in this country. This included dropping 10 million on Vance’s Senate run in Ohio.