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Flirting with Trump is flirting with Nazism - Response to Andy Yen (CEO of Proton AG) on Reddit 📢📢📢 (lemmy.ml)

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

Maybe he should have just left Trump's name out of it entirely as that seems to be what really pushed people's buttons.

It probably didn't help, but no, I don't think that was it. I think it was his sweeping generalizations about dems/republicans as a whole, along with the insinuation that dems were bought, republicans are "looking out for the little guys", and the election undermined the will of the people:

Dems had a choice between the progressive wing (Bernie Sanders, etc), versus corporate Dems, but in the end money won and constituents lost. Until corporate Dems are thrown out, the reality is that Republicans remain more likely to tackle Big Tech abuses.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

You are right about the generalization on parties, but the "little guy" he meant are small tech companies opposed to big tech. It was clear to me in the context, and to clear any doubt, he explicitly said that in a reddit comment.

I want to specify because this has been stretched on here as far as "he said republicans care for the working class".

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

the "little guy" he meant are small tech companies

That changes nothing.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 hour ago

Added for completeness. Lots of people got pissed because they assumed he meant that in general republicans stand with the little guy, prompting comments such as "what about trans/immigrants/etc.".

You did not do that, of course, but you can see how your comment could reinforce this opinion in people who didn't read the actual tweet and discussion and were just looking for reasons to get angry.