So they have manufactured a myth about meritocracy and their own exceptionalism and hard work. That’s how they rationalize cheating in elections, and in business. Because they’re better, thus they deserve to win, even when they don’t.
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Everything Steve Bannon says about clash of civilizations. All of Fox News, Breitbart, the alt-right, Proud Boys, losers with tiki torches: it’s all White Man Fear. They know they can’t compete on merit. They’re scared to death, and they should be.
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Silicon Valley is the same. Look at pages of “leadership teams” and board of directors of all big tech companies. Looks just like that page of newly elected GOPers. All white men.
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They too have the myth of meritocracy and the myth of their own exceptionalism. Really it’s that white men have grabbed the levers of power in a big money making machine, and they want to keep it to themselves.
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SV talks a lot about embracing change and adapting to disruption — while clinging to a power structure from the 1950s. Leave it to Beaver, Father Knows Best. That’s the world they live in.
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But the world has changed around them. People are working around their roadblock. Look at the website of
@Backstage_Cap — that’s the future. The SV VC iceberg will melt. They’re intellectually bankrupt. A Ponzi scheme. They will either change or they will dwindle & die.1 reply 12 retweets 68 likesShow this thread -
Young people, best and brightest, are opting out of this bullshit. Young techies have figured out you can build a company without ever setting foot on Sand Hill Road.
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In writing LAB RATS I met a bunch of them.
@sexandstartups@operaqueenie@marazepeda@JenniferBrandel@jasonfried@basecamp@dpteran@ManagedbyQ and many others. This is the tide that is rising up, while fearful white men on Sand Hill Road cling to their melting iceberg.2 replies 10 retweets 63 likesShow this thread -
A brilliant young black woman coder told me her theory on this. "The truth is, writing code isn't that hard. Anyone can do it. White guys have created this myth of the rare genius coder, because the work pays well and they want to keep it for themselves."
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