[killjoywashere]

The point is the neo-liberals of Silicon Valley, who essentially adopt a policy of splendid isolation, have failed to protect democracy.

[DeathArrow]

Since when was their job to protect democracy?

[nonrandomstring]

Since the basis of their entire project [1] was given to them as the output of an obscure DARPA project ostensibly aimed at securing democracy in the world. It's not written into a contract, just a sorta "moral obligation" to, you know... not shit on the values of the people who put you where you are.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet

[hot_gril]

I agree that it's their job, I don't agree that they've adopted a policy of isolation, but whatever. It's just not a good way to start a tech article.

The author mentioned some of the blocking methods, so that's cool.

[killjoywashere]

In aggregate, you will find that the population of Silicon Valley, and wealthy locations in general, under-enlist, tend to vote against military appropriations, and if they do vote for increased military appropriations, they tend to vote for larger non-lethal military capabilities (e.g. they favor military healthcare and retirement benefits). A lot of this is obvious blue-state voting. For the enlistment rate, the easiest one to point to is Texas vs California. Texas accounts for 12.1% of Army recruitment from a population of 29M, while California accounts for 9.9% of Army recruitment from a population of 39M. New York is even lower with 4.6% from a population of 19M. By comparison, North Carolina has 4.7% population on a population of 10.5M.

[killjoywashere]

Since they claim US citizenship. Citizenship is a bit more than your token to ride the bus.