I find the latter very amusing, actually. Have tech CEOs confused money as a proxy of power for actual power? Did they really think they could "buy" a guy that grew up in the mafia world of real estate?
They didn't want to buy him, they wanted the other guy to lose. Me Too basically turned the entirety of Silicon Valley leadership into happy fascists when it became clear they weren't allowed to sexually harass (or worse) their employees anymore. That was more important than pretty much anything else.
You're right but I think it's even more broad than just sexual harassment, racism, bullying, etc. MAGA has given people license to be shitty and not have to worry (as much) about the social, legal or political costs. In many cases, people are actively rewarded for their bad behavior because "it makes them authentic" or because there's a large enough percentage of the population that shares the same biases.
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