Not at all! I think the point is in the current environment, every non-groupthink opinion is viewed as shitty by someone leading to outrage.
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Replying to @ThufirHawat @anildash and
Which means that actually shitty things get lumped in with things that are just an unpopular opinion.
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Replying to @ThufirHawat @anildash and
And we are all losers because people like
@pmarca do the cost/benefit and decide to opt out and we lose access to his (and others) thinking2 replies 0 retweets 5 likes -
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Replying to @peterpham @ThufirHawat and
To what do you ascribe his absence?
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Replying to @anildash @peterpham and
IMO it wasn’t just the India thing.
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Replying to @AustenAllred @peterpham and
Can you describe “downside” here? Is there any circumstance where he’s not still immensely powerfully politically, economically, and culturally?
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Replying to @anildash @peterpham and
I remember when people started boycotting Dropbox in an effort to remove Condoleezza Rice from the board because of her position on the Iraq war. Eich was fired for supporting Prop 8. The perspective of “well he’d still be powerful” doesn’t matter
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Replying to @AustenAllred @anildash and
The backlash against Thiel at Y Combinator didn’t just affect Thiel. When I was in YC I talked to several people terrified of even implying political dissent, especially ahead of raising money. Skewering rich people can’t be OK just because they’re still rich.
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Replying to @AustenAllred @peterpham and
You genuinely think Thiel was criticized for being rich?
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Of course not. I’m saying the defense of “well he’s still rich” doesn’t matter
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Replying to @AustenAllred @peterpham and
It absolutely does! What do you think the mechanism of McCarthyism & blacklists were about? People couldn’t feed themselves or work in their industries.
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