Nick Clegg was Deputy Prime Minister of the UK between 2010 and 2015. He then worked for Meta between 2018 and 2025, in a high-ranking position.
Of course it's obvious that Silicon Valley has become more friendly with MAGA. An example was when Tim Cook gifted a gold trophy to Trump.
I think it's interesting to hear this perspective from someone who worked high up at Meta, though.
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jobbies@lemmy.zip · 28 pts · 98d
He needn't bother criticising them now when he's spent the last ten years sucking up to them and taking their money. I could not give a shit what he has to say. Fucking sellout.
pulsewidth@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 98d
But also.. Meta has always favoured and elevated right wing shit, because it drives rage and 'engagement'. This is who they've always been - including while he was there.
tgcoldrockn@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 98d
Cambridge Analytica confirmed this in 2016.
rozodru@piefed.world · 8 pts · 98d
They do this regardless of whose in power. they lean into whatever the current administrations policies are to benefit themselves. They've always done this. If a democrat wins next time (hopefully there is one) then they''ll all shift their policies yet again to align with that administrations. rinse and repeat.
moderatecentrist@feddit.uk · 3 pts · 98d
Very true. Big business will claim to have moral values but only because they think those values will make them money.
WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 98d
MAGA is not "politics". It is the mental illnesses[0] sympathetic to fascism masquerading as political ideology, spread through indoctrination and disinformation; through algorithmically-optimized psychological warfare.
[0] all mental disorders characterized by low/zero empathy such as narcissism, ASPD, psychopathy, etc. Racist parents indoctrinate racist kids. Religious parents indoctrinate religious kids. Both are achieved through the suppression of empathy and critical thought (e.g. being woke).
phutatorius@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 96d
In other words, modern politics.
kreskin@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 97d
Seems like silicon valley goes downhill every year.
CannonFodder@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 98d
Companies pursue profits. If the country is corrupt and a company playing into it makes more money, they will do that. Americans only have themselves to blame for letting maga win, and all the repercussions.
phutatorius@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 96d
Clegg is still working for them, though, isn't he?
moderatecentrist@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 96d
He did, but he left Meta last year. From the article:
But yeah he still took their money for a long time.