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Looks like he is running for Governor in Texas.

https://x.com/davehclark/status/1699574686848352532?s=46&t=B...

Maybe this will sound silly if you’re not from Texas but having “auburn football” (out of state team) in your twitter bio practically automatically disqualifies you from a major political role.

As much as I despise the trend of tech execs used to thinking that the're mini-gods who can do anything running for office, Texas can hardly do worse than the current government.

Dude was famous in his earlier career for being a giant narc and patrolling the warehouses for people to fire. Not sure he'd be anything but a ghoul given real power.

You're probably right of course. But, I'm not sure that differentiates him from the current batch.

Yeah, Abbott is awful. This comment from someone who worked near Clark though suggests that he is not even capable of pretending to not be a complete piece of shit, though: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37413442

Still, will be interesting to see two terrible out of touch people tear each other apart in the name of populism.

From what I heard during my time there, it wasn't just patrolling, he used to hide in the shadows out of sight waiting for someone to mess up then jump out and fire them right there publicly, which imo is much worse. He used to have nickname of Sniper Dave or something of that sort.

What makes tech execs worse mini gods than the crop of lawyer mini gods who generally run for office?

Saving face by running for governor, clearly :)

This is terrifying.

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