[ramraj07]

Here we go with the "bad apples" again.

Let's face it. It was all fun and games until silicon valley was the underdog. Now this place makes and inevitably breaks the world. As is natural, places of power will attract people of malice. It will bring out selfishness and pride from a fraction of any random group of people that are given this opportunity.

The undoing of any rebellion is the flawed belief that the rebels will continue to be the good guys because (a) they're young, (b) they are the oppressed or (c) because they stick to logical rational thought. This all works as long as they're the rebels. Once they're the power-weilders, the same people become the problem they tried to solve. Because lust for power, money and fame is inherent in most of us. What's happening in SV now is demonstration number N of this.

[Uhhrrr]

Did you mean to say "while Silicon Valley was the underdog"?

[ramraj07]

Yes. Not my first language!

[kiliantics]

You have basically applied trotsky's theory of eternal revolution to the tech world. Whoever is in power must always be challenged, even if they were once the ones denouncing those in power.

[sudosysgen]

Trotsky was wrong on a lot of things, but the necessity to hold power in check is something he got preciently and very right.

One should always indeed challenge those in power, if only because it leads to better outcomes for all.