• Alas Poor Erinaceus
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    1 day ago

    Unless I’m missing something, didn’t Yen just praise 🍄’s pick for antitrust AG? I forget her name, but her Wikipedia page didn’t make her sound all that great, so I’m not sure what exactly he was praising her for. If that’s all it is (and it might not be!) that hardly sounds like a betrayal.

    EDIT: I was missing something! See this.

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      Praising the pick wasn’t so bad. The issues really arose when he was called out on it and chose to use Proton’s official accounts to affirm his view and went on to state:

      • the republican party is now the party of the people and most likely to crack down on big tech
      • The democrats have effectively betrayed their voters in favour of corporate donations
      • This was Proton’s official stance

      It was insane boot licking and incredibly poorly thought through. It’s fine for him to have an opinion but completely inappropriate to use their official accounts to spew such drivel and to state it was the official stance should have resulted in him being fired for damaging their reputation.

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        the republican party is now the party of the people and most likely to crack down on big tech

        yes🤡

        The democrats have effectively betrayed their voters in favour of corporate donations

        yes🐸