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Silicon Valley Takes a Right Turn (nytimes.com)
6 points by fib739mbbh 3451 days ago
1 comments
carsongross 3451 days ago
Is there a measurable increase in right-wing thought in public in Silicon Valley?

Donations, particularly PAC donations, are too tied up in tactical considerations to be evidence, in my opinion.

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tdb7893 3451 days ago
I'm not sure how it is now but I wouldn't be surprised if it becomes more conservative in the future. Demographically rich old white men in isolated communities tend to be conservative.
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muzz 3451 days ago
Demographically, Silicon Valley is becoming less white
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muzz 3451 days ago
None that I'm aware of. Keep in mind that the author, Thomas Edsall, is very much a staunch partisan having written books like "Building Red America"
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namlem 3451 days ago
Even if there isn't, support for right wing politics for purely financial reasons is still worrying.
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muzz 3451 days ago
It's not "support for right wing politics", it's pushing for a few specific issues. And a grand total of $3.6M combined is peanuts.
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