Tech bro culture at its worst, is still orders of magnitude more socially acceptable than culture are frats, finance bros, law firms, hollywood, sports teams or worst.of.them all : politicians.
That team of people is making the case that they should get funded instead, or brought in as consultants to help ensure that Sequoia, Y Combinator and A16Z don't get dragged back to Congress and yelled at again.
It's called "overriding public interest", and until the bros get their act together -- the big ole Nanny State is going to have to step in, and teach them a thing or two.
You don't have to like it -- but it's hard to see what the mystery is here.