At The Hill,
Washington Monthly Executive Editor Gilad Edelman said the perception of Silicon Valley has shifted dramatically among Democrats and Republicans since the 2016 presidential election.
Edelman told Hill.TV that the industry was relatively insulated from criticism and viewed favorably by both parties until President Trump's surprise victory over Hillary Clinton, saying his win "really scrambled a lot these beliefs and intuitions."
"Silicon Valley seems to have gone from an industry with no enemies to an industry with no friends," Edelman said during an interview on "Rising."
"Democrats realized that whatever the CEOs of Google or Facebook might think, these platforms seems to have facilitated Donald Trump's election," he added. "On the right, the fact that Trump could get elected while breaking from some pretty serious orthodoxies — at least superficially on economic matters — meant that maybe there was more room to criticize corporate business practices than conservatives had previously thought."
(Score: 5, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 11 2019, @02:31PM (3 children)
Same thing happened to me when I started recording my friends' conversations, reading their emails, logging their movements and (allegedly) activating the camera on their phones.
(Score: 2) by krishnoid on Wednesday September 11 2019, @03:02PM (2 children)
They didn't fall in love with you over how you showed an intensely detailed personal interest in their life?!! Pfft - they don't deserve you as a friend (or lover).
(Score: 3, Touché) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday September 11 2019, @03:13PM (1 child)
Well, the dude does sleep in the graveyard. Terrible morning breath that lasts all day. Smells of decay, leaves a trail of decay behind him. And, he has the most pasty complexion anyone has ever seen. I wouldn't want to call him "creepy" or anything like that, but, I've heard other people use that word when describing him.
(Score: 3, Touché) by PartTimeZombie on Wednesday September 11 2019, @09:16PM
It's almost like you think that's a bad thing.