Most people donate to the PAC by automatic payroll deduction and have little idea of where the money goes. That's why talking to them and showing specific examples can be so effective.
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When I worked at Google I asked what policies netpac would back. I assumed it would be eff lite or something. Nobody would give me a straight answer so I wouldn't donate. This is why.
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I think the concept is also quite confusing for immigrants who aren't intimately familiar with us politics, I remember being really confused what I was being asked. Not many immigrants are as willing to rock the boat as I am, I think a lot of people probably just sign.
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That's a good point -- does the UK even *have* PACs? I felt like the initial pitch for netpac was something like 'support google's values and business'. Which made me think: "Ok, free speech, fewer dumb regulations about technology..." not "try to buy off a bunch of racists."
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As somebody who had donated to political orgs like the EFF or the ACLU in the past, and had seen Google and other more progressive tech companies do the same, I almost was ready to donate money immediately.
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The sad thing is, I don't think NetPAC has really helped Google win the love of the far right because they're *never* going to be down with its core values.
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Google has made a fortune from tax cuts and regulatory forbearance. The core values are very much aligned, they're just not the core values people usually think of
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I don't understand this defense, honestly. Google benefits enormously from its political giving (both PAC and otherwise), and has made efforts to align this with the Republican right wing. Google gets exceptionally good results from these efforts. Why don't you think it works?
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I think we're talking past each other a bit. You're talking about the right-wing media discourse around Google; I'm talking about things about lobbying hard to knock down new FCC privacy rules and getting them blocked on a strict party line vote, with no Democrats in support
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