Balaji Srinivasan is the spearhead of the new fascist movement establishing itself in Silicon Valley.
It's easy to dismiss him as a clown given how bad, inconsistent and dumb his ideas are but he's a clown with a lot of followers in tech who listen to his visions of "ethnic cleansing".
@tante Given the apparent ties between Srinivasan’s ideas and those of the Y Combinator CEO, wonder if it’s about time one stopped worrying about what’s on the Hacker News front page?
@tante What’s definitely worth noting that to miss the tip of the hat toward fascism with ”gray shirts” is completely impossible with the level of education his supporters enjoy.
Just like with Mussolini, just like with Hitler, people can’t wait to dress up in their uniform shirts and start telling people what to do!
The 'ethnicity' that needs cleansing is his ideology.
Probably a Leonard Leo ally because Leo is on a mission to transform the valley, already invaded by Ayn Rand fans, like Peter "technology is an alternative to politics" Theil.
What we are seeing here is a deliberate ideological alliance between old wealth in the Koch network and the prodigy of their indoctrination, raised in the valley.
@tante I can see a person losing it and falling off the deep end, but how do these people have so many followers.
I'm coming around to the idea of extinction events.
@larsmb@tante extinction is partially indiscriminate and kills the poorest first. that is no solution. some problems need to be naturally selected out, and someone conscientious needs to do the selecting.
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