[vincentjiang]

hate to see that tech leaders getting into politics

[spicymaki]

Well on the bright side it's a complete mask off moment for the tech community. I think it is good for these people to expose themselves to the public. They will show you who they really are if you let them.

“If the broad light of day could be let in upon men’s actions, it would purify them as the sun disinfects”. -- Louis Brandeis

[skybrian]

For one person in the tech community. And apparently he was already "out?" (The article goes into his history in supporting political causes.)

[pbreit]

Why is that?

[ajross]

I'd prefer to see more of them do so, personally. That said, to watch Tan wading into a local fistfight about school curriculum and housing zoning and whatnot in the age of ICE abduction, targetted political prosecution and wanton macroeconomic regulatory chaos seems... frustrating.

I mean, I kinda agree with him about most of the centrist stuff. But really, Gary? This is what you need to be spending your money and time on?

[bhouston]

Garry seems motivated by being against a wealth tax and this is also likely the reason other ultra rich people will donate to his dark money fund:

https://finviz.com/news/277038/y-combinators-garry-tan-warns...

[terminalshort]

Wow. So it's not even good enough that he agrees with you. You demand that he also prioritizes in the same order as you?

[diggyhole]

Or do you hate that their politics don't align with yours?

[shimman]

Everyone should hate people that believe in undemocratic principles.

[johnnyanmac]

I hate that their politic's explicit goal is to make my, yours, and everyone else's lives actively worse. Government is not a business.

We're not getting better healthcare, more and better jobs, more efficient transportation, better city infrastructure, nor more houses. We aren't even getting the cool things shown in cyberpunk dystopias. Hell, we can't even ask for them to follow the law these days.

Why would I want to support them getting into politics? There's a difference betweeen them having different thoughts on how fund, say, self drving cars (which I'm not a fan of) and then all of that above.

[micromacrofoot]

it's that their money buys outsized influence and erodes the concept of democracy

[estearum]

Nah, I don't even know what Garry's politics are. I hate that there's so much money in politics in general.

[saubeidl]

Their very existence doesn't align with my politics, or any decent person's politics for that matter.