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Re:Facebook points finger at Google and Twitter for data col... by wutbrodo on Monday April 16, 2018 @06:55PM (#16853663)
I'm not so sure about that. The current administration can be kind of unpredictable (to understate it a little...), and this seems like exactly the combination of fuck-the-elitists and Trumpian populism that could work. Silicon Valley, culturally speaking, fits pretty clearly into the subculture that Trump set himself up in opposition to, in a way that even finance doesn't (given that the current govt is an uneasy alliance between business conservatives and right wing populism, as mediated by Trump's personal whims).
Re:Facebook points finger at Google and Twitter for data col... by ianai on Monday April 16, 2018 @07:50PM (#16854084)
I think it’s more that “fuck the elitists” is a tune that can be morphed into from nearly any other tune.
Re:Facebook points finger at Google and Twitter for data col... by x0x0 on Monday April 16, 2018 @07:50PM (#16854090)
But how would it get through Congress? Trump is essentially incapable of pushing legislation that Congress doesn't already support...