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Why did Silicon Valley turn right?

by __Joker on 12/12/24, 9:27 PM with 2 comments

• by CamperBob2 on 12/13/24, 5:45 AM

  Because announcing, "Hey, I know, let's tax unrealized capital gains!" a few weeks before the election wasn't the stroke of political genius Harris's team thought it would be.

• by IronWolve on 12/12/24, 10:26 PM

  I think he hits on a good point, businesses that shake up the industry are under attack by the government and thus banks. Crypto and crypto jobs are the biggest threat. Any threat to business/corporate regulation is going to get hit the hardest and blocked by regulation.

  So liberals that are more libertarian at heart will go anti-regulation and go right. It doesnt change their liberal views, just lower government regulations.

  Be interesting to see what market shakeups will happen if regulations are lightened/removed, and the silicon valley startups that pop up.