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Re:Google’s first all-hands after 2016 election [video] by threeseed on Thursday September 13, 2018 @07:00AM (#17977629)
Not sure where you’re getting the numbers to back up your 50% claim. At most it is around 15% in UK, 30% in the US and somewhat higher in the Eastern European countries.

Alt right conservatism is not a mainstream ideology anywhere in the world. Nor will it ever the way things are going.

Re:Google’s first all-hands after 2016 election [video] by nailer on Thursday September 13, 2018 @07:47AM (#17977829)
'Alt right' is a vague term, and has been since Richard Spencer claimed it and regular conservative folk stopped using it.

Strong border controls are quite obviously supported by far more than 15% of the UK population (and I say that as an immigrant to the UK) - look at the Brexit vote.

Re:Google’s first all-hands after 2016 election [video] by tkmo on Thursday September 13, 2018 @07:16AM (#17977687)
In proper terms, perhaps, but things like Trump, Brexit, and strongly anti-immigrant, populist conservative, leaders like Salvini, Orban, etc., in Europe, are all generally placed in the same camp by the media.

Ultimately we are discussing the visible rage and despisement towards the winnning side of a national US election vote. That is incredibly concerning coming from a company as powerful as Google, and we know the same sentiment is shared across Hollywood and the mass media.

Re:Google’s first all-hands after 2016 election [video] by threeseed on Thursday September 13, 2018 @07:23AM (#17977716)
The concern around Trump extends to close to 70% of the electorate according to recent polling. It isn’t isolated.

And given Trump’s anti-immigrant stance Google executives being immigrants themselves would have every right to voice their concern.

Re:Google’s first all-hands after 2016 election [video] by nailer on Thursday September 13, 2018 @07:48AM (#17977833)
Google's executives are quite obviously not illegal immigrants. Pretending they're affected by tighter border controls is disingenuous.
Re:Google’s first all-hands after 2016 election [video] by tkmo on Thursday September 13, 2018 @07:29AM (#17977748)
Trump's stance is anti illegal immigrant which should not affect any Google execs.

Re: approval ratings, its a moot point. Trump has enjoyed generally similar approval ratings to Obama (at most single digit percentage points lower) and ultimately won a free and fair election in a first world Republic.

Having the leaders of a global monopoly megacorporation display this kind of disdain for the elected leader of the country and everyone who supports him, and (by implication) similar populist leaders across Europe (and their supporters), is extremely, deeply, disconcerting.

Re:Google’s first all-hands after 2016 election [video] by hef19898 on Thursday September 13, 2018 @08:00AM (#17977893)
Electorate college? Gerrymandering?

And I hope you are not seriously stating that a company cannot have political views opposed to the government? It's either a democratic election (to have a legitimate government) which implies different opinions regardless of majorites or not (so that nobody can oppose the government). You cannot have it both ways.