[lackbeard]

I can't articulate why exactly... but I have a very bad feeling about this.

> We also believe tech companies have an opportunity and an obligation to reduce the polarization we've helped create.

I'm pretty sure this kind of thing is just going to make the polarization worse.

[Banthum]

Because it means de-emphasizing individuals by merging them into a group with one unified set of values.

This necessarily means erasing the voices of people who hold minority positions in that group.

It has every potential to be another place where those with the most time to burn, the most anger, and the most refined ideological weaponry grab power over those with minority viewpoints or healthy self-doubt.

Unions are supposed to fight for the thing the workers definitely have in common - their direct economic interests. Lashing that union structure to entirely different political fights invites the above kinds of problems.

[tropo]

Oh yeah.

"We’d also like to discuss how tech companies can heal the divide in our country. [...] We also believe tech companies have an opportunity and an obligation to reduce the polarization we've helped create."

Easy as could be: switch to the other side

"We believe that tech companies can create a better economic future for all Americans"

Probably step #1 is to hire Americans.

"by spreading high-paying technology jobs around the country and other measures. [...] We are planning to hold a meeting on the evening of April 9th in the Bay Area."

Oops. To fix, move the meeting to one of the following: Wyoming, Oklahoma, northern Texas excluding Dallas, Alabama excluding Huntsville, Georgia excluding Atlanta, West Virginia, Tennessee, Montana...

[xienze]

> We also believe tech companies have an opportunity and an obligation to reduce the polarization we've helped create.

I guarantee this is code for "we think Trump wouldn't have been elected if he couldn't use Twitter, Reddit, and Facebook. Let's figure out how to make that possible."

[tptacek]

I don't think you have the authority to offer such a guarantee.

[r_smart]

'Having purged half the population, we've measured a marked downturn in polarization in Q3 of this year.'