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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: 1, Offtopic) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday September 11 2019, @02:51PM (5 children)
BINGO!!!
Of all the potential D presidents in 2016, which one was able to reach out, and communicate with the voters? Certainly not Hillary.
Of all the potential D presidents in 2020, which is able to communicate? I think that O'Crazio and Beat-off O'rourke are the most capable of doing so, but they're failing. Which is pretty surprising, TBH. Trump is an old stick-in-the-mud, and he's got that Tweety-bird thing working for him. The progressives? They look like Luddites and troglodytes in comparison.
(Score: 3, Funny) by krishnoid on Wednesday September 11 2019, @02:59PM (1 child)
So ... trogluddites?
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday September 11 2019, @03:09PM
3rd and later generations, yes. They are still mostly separate species.
(Score: 2, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 11 2019, @05:21PM
Crazy old man rant, you need some lawn flair.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by hemocyanin on Thursday September 12 2019, @01:43AM (1 child)
If the Democrats really wanted to win, they'd stop trying to sabotage Tulsi Gabbard. She appeals to a wide range of people across party lines and could thus undermine Trump's base. But the DNC won't do it -- we'll get a warmed over 90s republican like Warren or a senile old man where everyone who votes for him is really voting for his running mate. We could even get Harris, a person who attempted legal murder by withholding potentially exonerating materials in death penalty cases and wants to turn the Presidency into an form of legislative branch via excessive executive orders, because she checks off so many of the intersectionality boxes (good policies be damned).
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 12 2019, @02:27AM
Tulasi is the Manchurian Candidate of the Jagad Guru (AKA "Chris Butler") from his ashram in Lanikai. Look it up.