[consumer451]

PG: Musk has destroyed his personal brand, everyone here thinks he's a Batman villain.

YC: Gimme some of that branding.

This is not a response to this moderation decision, just YC in general. What is happening with all my heroes? At least PG is aware of reality.

[archagon]

I hope there's a protest in front of this embarrassment of an event.

[consumer451]

I mean, I kinda get the YC point of view. How do you not invite the most powerful person in the country's history? Everyone appears to be afraid, and mostly rightly so. I guess that's just how it works now.

[computerthings]

Resistance is safer than compliance.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danish_resistance_movement

Integrity is the only long term defense against tyrants. Giving in kills your ability to think honestly (and like a chicken without a head these people can walk around thinking "they like Nietzsche" etc. but Nietzsche never knew them and never will, so to speak), you lose yourself and gain no physical security. You gain the company of other empty vessels.

And that's why fascism doesn't work in any sense worth caring about, IMO. It's built on the impotence and personality disorders of individuals, who seek to gain power over others as a result, and the ability to exploit and coerce masses with violence and lies. It's a parasite that destroys itself along with the host. Just look at the people most staunchly for it. They're all trash. They've always been, historically, and currently. Call that a personal attack I call it not pretending 2+2=5. There's plenty of scholarly ways to say the same thing, but it won't change the thing.

You see a rich turtle on its back in the desert. It cannot even cook its own meals. It seems nasty, and like quite the bore. Do you walk on, taking a sip from your jug, or do you wear it on your head and ask it where to go and what to do, for no reason at all?

[archagon]

Why not indeed? Why not also invite Curtis Yarvin and Steve Bannon? Have some nice talks about how AI can implement oligarchic fascism and further the cause of white supremacy? (Sorry, I mean "eliminate the woke mind virus.")