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Like Peter Thiel, Tech Workers Feel Alienated by Silicon Valley ‘Echo Chamber’

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370 points sillypuddy | 3 comments | 18 Feb 18 16:50 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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dontcare25 ◴[18 Feb 18 17:24 UTC] No.16407053[source]▶
Most silicon valley employees don't really care about any of this. If anything most have extremely conservative opinions, they'll be all for Trump if they could vote on H1
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breakyerself ◴[18 Feb 18 19:06 UTC] No.16407584[source]▶
Anti-net neutrality, anti-legal pot, draconian immigration policies, erosion of the social safety net, deregulation of the environment, kneecapping solar, climate denial. Are these really things most educated people in silicon valley are on board with? I have no connection to silicon valley, but most tech workers I know wouldn't support Trump at the very least because his climate denial is anti scientific and destructive.
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axau ◴[18 Feb 18 19:21 UTC] No.16407693[source]▶
The H1Bs I know that support Trump do so mostly because of economic reasons, and because of the immigration policies, like fixing H1B abuse, and making legal immigrants take priority over illegal ones (Democrats are perceived to do the opposite).
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dominotw ◴[18 Feb 18 19:42 UTC] No.16407856[source]▶
Can confirm this. Indians in SV are big trump supporters.
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1. oriolid ◴[18 Feb 18 19:46 UTC] No.16407895{3}[source]▶
India with all of its poverty, inequality and bigotism is more or less Trump's ideal country.
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2. thanatropism ◴[19 Feb 18 15:52 UTC] No.16413558[source]▶
Wow.

Given that the discussion was about the tendency of Indians to support Trump (at least in SV tech)...

... that's just over-the-top outrageous racist, man.

3. dominotw ◴[19 Feb 18 16:36 UTC] No.16413827[source]▶
1. strange and irrelavent rant. Curiously, wasn't downvoted, prbly due to 'anti trump comment' downvote shield.

2. poverty, inequality and bigotism actually increase throughout obama era( verifiable via internet search).