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Vice President JD Vance said Saturday that "we believe fundamentally that big tech does have too much power," despite the prominent positioning of tech CEOs at President Trump's inauguration last week.

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[–] rustydrd@sh.itjust.works 52 points 2 days ago

Vance: But Peter, won't everyone realize that you just bought the vice presidency by supporting me?

Thiel: Just tell them "tech people bad" or some shit, they'll be none the wiser.

[–] PanArab@lemm.ee 30 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Something we actually agree on.

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 31 points 2 days ago (2 children)

100% guarantee this pissfit about big tech is just because Musk is sitting where he thought he'd be.

[–] PanArab@lemm.ee 11 points 2 days ago

Their motives are nefarious anyways. Even if they admit the truth, the solutions they propose just tend to make things worse. Like how when conservatives admit climate change is real and end up becoming eco fascists.

[–] raynethackery@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Yikes! Do you think he has the guts to have Musk taken out?

[–] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago

You really don't, though.

You mean you want technology that serves the public good.

Propeller Cap over here is just pissy he hasn't hijacked it like a government.

[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 18 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I agree, but I also think the same about him (and he basically has no power until Trump chokes on a filet-o-fish).

[–] raynethackery@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago
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[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 47 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Vice President JD Vance said Saturday that “we believe fundamentally that big tech does have too much power,” despite the prominent positioning of tech CEOs at President Trump’s inauguration last week.

Oh - but not those Big Tech guys, they're cool.

[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 9 points 2 days ago

All Big Tech is on their side though.

This might be Vance lamenting he's only Vice to the President, instead of Trump who gets to be Musk's VP.

[–] steal_your_face@lemmy.ml 32 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Wasn’t he hand selected by Peter Thiel?

[–] Zorque@lemmy.world 19 points 2 days ago

Which means he will likely be found not to be part of "Big Tech". For some reason.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

When he says "big tech," he means tech companies that go against him. Just like the "deep state" is anyone in the government who go against them.

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[–] jameslkent@lemmy.sdf.org 19 points 2 days ago

Nobody bought the $JD coin 😢😭

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 days ago

Who would ever give a shit what these clowns think? How is this news?

Oh right we're violently controlled by these wackos...

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 17 points 2 days ago

Big tech has too much power!

That's why we let them pay us large sums of money so that we let them do whatever the fuck they want. Apparently Facebook now blocks distrowatch links, one of the bigger sites about Linux, and Linux got labeled as something something evil.. this, of cout, has nothing to do with Microsoft, it's just totally coincidental

[–] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 19 points 2 days ago

They are literally pulling a Hitler/Putin. What the actual fuck. Have people in the party say things that that your opponents agree with just to give the illusion that the ruler is fair and has a wide variety of view points to consider.

This administration needs to be over last Monday.

[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 17 points 2 days ago

A broken clock is right twice a day.

[–] Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world 27 points 2 days ago (1 children)

We got what we want, now we vilify them.

Where have we seen this before? Oh right. Fascism.

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[–] TheMC42@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

Don't worry JD, this will sort itself out thanks to Zuckerberg and Musk driving people to alternative platforms.

[–] labbbb2@thelemmy.club 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

These authoritarian populist tactics, after those people who voted for them (or will be able to vote) will say like "and you said that this person is bad!"

They use the same tactic in Russia regularly. When politicians destroyed life of millions of people, after some time one poitician in Duma will say the right thing or propose a law for popular social issue, like "we're against domestic violence" (domestic violence is common in this shithole), or on "elections" they will offer sausage or money for a vote to population.

I don't know what they are trying to achieve by that, but maybe that people will restore trust in them, and will continue to believe that "BS-democracy". And after that these politicians who support dictatorship will continue to launder resources from the country. But in Russia they do that because they need people to participate in pseudo-elections, that will legitimize their fascist regime.

[–] Critical_Thinker@lemm.ee 3 points 2 days ago

I say that the executive branch has not been given the power to create laws or judge whether or not they are legal... but that seems to be what his administration has unilaterally decided is true now.

The laws are on the books. They should be implemented in good faith by the executive branch. This is not being done.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

That interview was interesting

She kept trying to get him to fall into traps or get angry but he was calm and respectful the entire time. This man is someone who can talk.

[–] Tiger@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 days ago

He lies and twists facts constantly. Plus he’s annoying as hell, for whatever that’s worth.

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[–] BigMacHole@lemm.ee 13 points 2 days ago

It's a Good Thing then that a Tech Bro didn't just buy the President Of The United States!

[–] TomMasz@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

He's just jealous of Musk. He wants to be Trump's buddy more than anything.

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[–] biofaust@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Reading the article, it sounds to me like he is saying "More to the left guys, I want to see Don's anus rimmed squeaky clean!"

[–] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Wait until Big Tech buys those nuclear reactors.

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

War games but like advanced super intuitive AI war games where the nukes are (preemptively) sent to negotiate when the stock market falls double-digits.

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