Musk has gone completely mask off, and many in VC land have followed.
It's one thing to think the "woke" went too far or argue over some fringe issues.. its another to think any of the above statements are acceptable, make nazi salutes on stage (and then troll tweet about it), etc.
I think the absolute least one could expect from notionally respectable businesses is to not invite people currently staging coups against the US to their shitty promo days.
With Elon being such a politically contentious figure, I'm surprised the organisers are expecting his name to be anything but trouble by June. Then again, if his actions up till now haven't gotten him shunned yet, maybe nothing will.
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This is the guy who said things like:
“You could not pay me to marry outside of my ethnicity.”
“Just for the record, I was racist before it was cool.”
“Normalize Indian hate.”
“I just want a eugenic immigration policy, is that too much to ask.”
Why is YC normalizing what looks a whole lot like neo-nazism with a smug grin?
It's one thing to think the "woke" went too far or argue over some fringe issues.. its another to think any of the above statements are acceptable, make nazi salutes on stage (and then troll tweet about it), etc.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c93q625y04wo
He's going to demo how you can use large language models and bot farms to manufacture consent on a media and communication platform you control.
https://x.com/dflieb/status/1851656958371057890 | https://archive.today/1QW1a
"When people show you who they are, believe them"
married to:
"Corporations are people"
i.e., they are a business, and if you ascribe (even notional) respectability to them, you're being naive.
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