WTF: Are Tech Moguls Trying To Hijack The Resistance?
Reprinted with permission from Alternet.
Ah, the dream of “disruption.” The allure of the “platform.” The magic of “crowdsourcing.” If only we could apply the technologies of Silicon Valley to the mess of Democratic Party politics, then the world would be a better place.
Such is the dream of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs Reid Hoffman and Mark Pincus. They are wealthy tech moguls, creators of LinkedIn, the professional networking platform, and Zynga, the social gaming company, respectively. With advance publicity from venture capital news feed Axios and tech news site Recode they have launched WTF, which doesn’t stand for “What the f**k,” but rather “Win the Future.”
Adopting the ubiquitous online acronym is kind of cute, but kind of pointless too. It makes you wonder, WTFATGUT, as in, “What the f**k are these guys up to?”
“If you look at the ethos of Silicon Valley and look at the ethos of our companies … it’s not about me, it’s not about Reid, it’s about us getting out of the way,” Pincus told Recode. “My only agenda is, I would like to see mainstream America more empowered to set an agenda.”
http://www.nationalmemo.com/are-tech-moguls-hijack-the-resistance/
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when I read that article that was my first impression, and remember all the talk on the news about the dem's, being upset with Pelosi, , all things lead back to this article
This is dangerous, to say the least, at least this message can get out there and fight this sh*t, it's a good start...
