Re:The Progressive Purge Begins: Tech’s stampede will lead t...
by rwcarlsen on Monday January 11, 2021 @11:49AM
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They have money. And children. And grandchildren. Those things equal influence. They also have votes.
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Re:The Progressive Purge Begins: Tech’s stampede will lead t...
by awb on Monday January 11, 2021 @12:00PM
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Sure, but you can only vote once and they already vote every election, so they can’t change their behavior there.
I suppose they could donate more but my neighbors still flying their Biden flags have money as well. For them, these events and tech bans have only justified their world view of how dangerous Trump is.
If the result on both sides is donating and voting and raising children that seems pretty consistent with the past few centuries of American politics. So, not much will change?
Re:The Progressive Purge Begins: Tech’s stampede will lead t...
by rwcarlsen on Monday January 11, 2021 @02:01PM
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That's a fair point. However, it's a matter of how angry each side gets. There is some critical level of anger that provokes unrest and strong reaction.
Re:The Progressive Purge Begins: Tech’s stampede will lead t...
by awb on Monday January 11, 2021 @02:47PM
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> There is some critical level of anger that provokes unrest and strong reaction.
Very true. I guess it's a fine line between being objective and being pragmatic. We don't want other people's anger to put pressure on our moral compass, but we don't want massive unrest either.