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by mansion7 1902 days ago
Politically, they could almost be considered a single entity.

Look at where corporate donations, corporate PACs, and employee donations go to. It's almost a one-party chart.

Not to mention their "in-kind" contributions. Banning one political viewpoint or candidate, while using your tech platform to boost another is clearly a contribution with massive monetary value.
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Meph504 1902 days ago
Well, I think in general, tech politically leaning more progressive makes a lot of sense, tech isn't dominated by those that are conservative by nature, tech in general is meant to change things, and not hold on to a conservative view.

As for "banning a political viewpoint", can you be more specific?

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spacemanmatt 1899 days ago
> tech politically leaning more progressive

[citation needed]

I conclude, calculated from decades of experience, that is false.

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Meph504 1899 days ago
I do find it funny, that you ask for citation, then to base your disagreement on your personal perspective. Do you have any supporting information aside from your personal viewpoint?

[citation] https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/02/most-liberal-tech-companies-...

This link, though I wouldn't call it concrete, it does paint a supportive picture, that is more inline with my experience has been. I'm not sure where your decades were spent, but the general impression I've seen in both the west coast startup community, and in the larger tech companies is they are progressive.

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