like really, you’re just realizing that now??

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    Note I said “pro business,” which probably checks out for someone who’s formed connections with multiple tech businesses over the years. When you’re around people who believe something like that, it often seeps into your way of understanding the world. Now that the neoliberal house of cards is collapsing, Linus is realizing that the tech business community themselves were the biggest believers in the lie.

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      11 months ago

      In all fairness, he kind of lived his own version: started a company on his own, became successful, got pretty rich.

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        11 months ago

        The only way he believes that about America is stupidity or surrounding himself with people who blow smoke up his ass.

        aka, powerful silicone valley tech bros who give off the aura of being in charge of the future