[nyeah]

Yeah. "Hate": https://www.kapwing.com/blog/why-does-the-public-hate-the-te...

Re the linked piece, I'm concerned about people saying "they hate us" when they really mean "they disagree with us" or "they seem skeptical of what we say." It can easily become click bait.

The language changes, sure ... but equating disagreement with the emotion of hatred? Maybe that language change is a bad idea? Just spitballing here.

[chrisweekly]

I'm with you in spirit wrt lowering the temp and avoiding clickbait. I want the internet and the world to be a better place with more peace and loving kindness, creativity and connection. But in this case -- describing the general public's feelings towards the ultra-rich, IMHO "disagree" and "skeptical" are just too watered-down; they don't convey all the legitimate feelings of resentment, fear, distaste, distrust, indignation, etc that feed into something typically described as "hate". ):

[nyeah]

Sure. If it really is hate, then that's the right word.

[nancyminusone]

Maybe you hate a certain politician, or maybe you just hate that one annoying commercial that they keep playing. In either case, the tech industry probably helped make it possible. Yes, they hate you.

[therobots927]

I think hate is the perfect word.

[nyeah]

Can I ask for more info? Is it the perfect word for how some people feel about the tech industry? The perfect word to describe disagreement?

[therobots927]

I think when you couple extreme wealth inequality with extreme mis-allocation of capital (aka societal energy) with no buy in from the population, you (the Stanford educated elite - not you specifically) run the risk of getting your fucking head chopped off.

[nyeah]

Sure, of course. I'm trying to draw a distinction between disagreement and hate. I'm not trying to eliminate either one.

[pixl97]

To really understand where this can go you need to look at the robber barons of the 1800's, the Pinkertons, and the people that got into literal wars with them.

That is the express world people like Bezos want to bring back with company towns.

So, ya, hate would be a proper word.

[grg0]

When we are on the same level, we can disagree on things.

When you have concentrated power and make a living out of fucking around with everybody else, you seed hatred.

[red-iron-pine]

i can disagree with my friend's opinion about if a cake is tasty.

i can disagree with my neighbor's opinion that his wife is pretty or his kids are smart.

i hate entrenched capital that is trying to obliterate my ability to work, and which will leave me to starve, and which is very, very blunt about how little they care about us.

[m463]

I agree.

For a normal person, when your day is pop-ups, cookie dialogs, dark patterns, auto-opt-in, <100-pages-of-legalese> + "Accept", subscriptions, smartphone-only ordering and customer service and endless-monetization...

...why use weaker words?

of course, if you're working or starting a tech company, you cannot use strong words. You might alienate your many funding sources.

[therobots927]

You’re better off bootstrapping a startup anyway.

Once you take VC money you might as well work in big tech. You’ll still be beholden to morons. I have no interest in making more friends in Silicon Valley than I already have.