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by AnotherGoodName 2180 days ago
Really? Because there's a lot of talk that the tech companies were (partly) the reason Trump was elected. How does that fit in?
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AnimalMuppet 2180 days ago
That means they messed up, not that they don't lean left.
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syshum 2180 days ago
My comment specifically states Post-2016. Trump was elected in 2016 and as a result of this the Tech Companies "woke" up to become political entities instead of platforms, many many tech executives were filmed/recorded publicly saying would would do anything in their power to avoid "another 2016"
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krapp 2180 days ago
>many many tech executives were filmed/recorded publicly saying would would do anything in their power to avoid "another 2016"

Wow, "many many?" Like not one, not even many, but many squared by even more many? That's a lot.

And each of them of was filmed and recorded individually making the same statement too. That's shocking.

I don't suppose you could point us to the mountain of video and audio evidence implied by this comment, could you?

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coffeeling 2179 days ago
AFAIK that's one Project Veritas video dealing with Google.
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EdSharkey 2180 days ago
Oh, it fits simply:

* greed: there's buckets of money to be made during election season selling voter info and ads to campaigns

* hubris: they never thought she'd lose, she was a terrible candidate (just like Biden this time!)

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