Everyone should read his comments[0] about Facebook and Google, before you criticize the guy.
> what their motivations might be by doing research is just common sense
The rhetoric that you guys use, especially when you talk about someone who's probably as genuinely committed to a civil, liberal world as George Soros: you sound like a South Park character. You can watch a clip that uses conspiratorial rhetoric (and makes fun of it) here: [1].
And I think the amazing thing is, it's not that South Park turned into this right-leaning children's TV show. It's that Republicans, libertarians and just cocky, downvoting male engineers alike have all started to turn into South Park.
"What you gotta understand [Hacker News], everyone has an agenda."
[0] https://www.georgesoros.com/2018/01/25/remarks-delivered-at-...