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California’s billionaires pour cash into elections as big tech seeks new allies
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 15 Feb 2026
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Big tech doubles down on a bad bet. It's because they spend their lives in a dark room away from other people. Why would we look to computer programers to save us all? They are good with computers, not people. They belong in the back room, running the IT, not the country.