i mean do you want the honest answer? i’m not a white american guy so i can say it.

importing hordes of foreign tech workers or hiring asians broadly whose culture is very much the opposite of “don’t tread on me” led to much of this.

might not be comfortable to say but most of our tech companies are led by people who aren’t “Americana” (cultural)

and broadly speaking, there are very few people like me (i’m asian) that value the American way of independence at all cost and most are just strivers and consumerist

so the goal for most of them is to make 300k base and 300k stock per year. fuck the consequences.

the days of making tech for the love of the game are long gone.