‘The Terror Is Real’: An Appalled Tech Industry Is Scared to Criticize Elon Musk

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/04/04/elon-musk-silicon-valley-fear-00260273

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TommySoda@lemmy.world · 32 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Well they need to speak up. If you work for one of these companies or even Twitter, it's not like they wont find any reason to fire you these days anyway. I understand that self preservation is a big part of it and I wish people could say what they want without risk of losing their livelihood. But at the same time fear is exactly why we are in this situation. Fear of your boss, fear of the government, fear of being deported, fear because of your identity, fear of your republican neighbors... Fear is the point. Without it they wouldn't be able to do half the shit they are doing. If we keep being fearful they will take everything we have.

Photuris@lemmy.ml · 10 pts · 1y
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AngrySquirrel@lemm.ee · 12 pts · 1y

Cowards

prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 1y

Fucking cowards

inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y

Tech submissives.

thisphuckinguy@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

Fuck them

Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org · 2 pts · 1y

Tacit consent is what that's called

MeisterLemmpe@lemmynsfw.com · 1 pts · 1y
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