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From Apple To Xbox, Tech Companies Lean Left
Velcroman1 writes "Only a week to election time! How does tech feel about politics? If you guessed liberal, you're right: Big Tech leans left. 'They're dominated by coastal people who tend to be more liberal,' says Jim Taylor, a management consultant who writes about the business of psychology. 'Also, those in Big Tech tend to be educated in the better schools, which lean left. Big Tech skews younger and hipper [and favors] social and environmental issues. Their political values trump financial concerns at the organizational culture level and the missions of many firms, especially those that are new media.' For example, Marissa Mayer, known as 'the face of Google,' gave $30,400 to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee in 2009. In fact, of the top 10 contributions made by Google in 2009, only one — by CEO Eric Schmidt — was to the Republican National Committee. Facebook has donated almost exclusively to Democratic candidates, according to Transparency Data, including $1,000 to California Sen. Barbara Boxer a year ago, and more recently, almost $5,000 to Richard Blumenthal, who is running for senator in Connecticut."
as a stand-alone adjective relative to political ideology, "liberal" means NOTHING.
consider a group that wanted nothing but the eradication of all "liberals"... that group themselves would be extremely liberal towards eradicating "liberals".
it's hypocritically ignorant.
You forgot to mention that Fox News didn't tell you about this either... although that goes without saying, doesn't it?
That is all.
Jus cuz they done goed ta a fancy schol don't mean shit. Fuckin librels is a stupeder than shit, fuckin latay drinkin fagit commie mother fuckers.
The younger you are, the more you tend to lean left. There is truth behind the saying "If you're not liberal when you're young, you have no heart". I would expect an industry that leans young would tend to lean left.
But I also have to wonder how much of it is self-loathing. You sometimes find that amongst people who acquire sudden wealth and aren't sure they deserve it.
Another factor is the development of an elitist mindset amongst sudden wealth. It puzzled me for awhile how the head of a family of four living on five acres with six vehicles could utter the phrase "live simply so others can simply live", and appear to mean it. But I realize now that he mean for me to do this, not (God forbid) himself. Another acquaintance is a big fan of raising taxes to fund mass transit, but has never stepped on a bus or train herself, because of that thing about rubbing shoulders with stinky people.
Oliver's law of assumed responsibility: If you're seen fixing it, you will be blamed for breaking it.
Good god. If there was ever an embodiment of the cliche of the arrogant, condescending liberal, you are it. You even ended with a Stephen Colbert quote.
Please...please be a parody.
You're joking, right?
Or are you watching Glenn Beck right now?
Ignorance is contagious.
Thanks to years of social programs, and other unconstitutional spending, the US is over 100 trillion dollars in debt, counting the unfunded liabilities to Social Security and Medicare. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see that the current levels of spending can't be maintained. Maybe Bill Gates and the kind liberal folks in Silicon valley won't mind bailing us out? Why don't we nationalize their businesses, and confiscate their wealth? It's the liberal thing to do, right?
Blow up the world!
No, you're just stupid. Like the rest of you Republicans - I mean "libertarians". Teabagger stupid.
Only Teabaggers can think liberals are simultaneously too tolerant and intolerant. I don't know about liberals, but I am intolerant of stupid. I'm not inherently good, but I'm inherently smart. Smart enough to tell that you Republicans are stupid.
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