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Politicians have been largely able to convince that it's tech that it's evil, with their actions always being colored through a political lens, whether it's "helping pedophiles" or "spreading misinformation" or what have you.

The vassalization of these companies was imminent, and now, it is complete.

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I don’t expect much from politicians, in my lifetime the political class has mostly seemed to be pretty nakedly self-serving.

I’m sad because so many of my personal heroes, the hackers I’ve admired, are just on board past any possible argument that it’s in the public welfare.

I learn in the same month that OpenAI is satisfying their voracious appetite for data with an NSA partnership as I do that the old-school FB infra braintrust is taking the money.

I’m embarrassed by all of this. I want to be remembered as part of something else.

This isn't binary. They are both evil. Neither group is your friend nor do they have your best interests at heart.

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