When it comes to the remaining political field one field of discussion that has rarely come up which is surprising considering how pervasive it is in every aspect of our lives. Not to worry though of the remaining candidates they have gone on record and their opinions are fairly cemented. In the case of Sanders and Clinton they are fairly similar but with Clinton you can never tell. But when it comes to Donald J Trump there are predictably some controversial view points. But what else is new.Image may be NSFW.
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When it comes to the relationships with Silicon Valley elites Hillary Clinton is believed to have the support the luminaries of the valley such as Larry Ellison, Sheryl Sandberg, John Doerr and Elon Musk. She’s held a number of big dollar fund raisers in the Valley during the campaign as well. But on the whole, the Valley’s big donors the people who back the big cheese to Obama have reportedly yet to commit to the Clinton cause. Maybe because they do not know what it is. During the campaign and several visits to the Valley Clinton has called for the aid in high profile data privacy issues that undermine the 4th amendment under the guise that it is in the interest of national security.
When it comes to Bernie from Brooklyn he is likely edging out a number of individual contributions from the Valley. for instance as recently as February Sanders had raised more money than Clinton. as one report put it, Clinton may be popular, among the big donors, but Sanders has won the support of “rank and file” tech workers. This is unexpected, considering Bernie has be able to make far less trips to the valley during the campaign as Clinton did. Sanders takes a less intrusive roll as Clinton in terms of national security but believes there has to be a middle ground. The reason being if we are compromised on this front and give up our privacy then we have lost something invaluable and intangible to our way of living.
And then there is Donald J Trump who has expressed contempt for the Valley in general. He attacked Apple on several occasions including their refusing to help the FBI recover the data off an iPhone used in the San Bernardo terrorist attacks. He is quoted as saying that “To think that Apple won’t allow us to get into her cellphone? Who do they think they are?” Trump also criticized Apple for outsourcing so much of its manufacturing to Asian countries. The celebrity candidate did not stop with Apple and has gone after Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg for hiring too many foreign engineers with H-1B visas. Trump also called the CEO of Amazon a “scammer.”Image may be NSFW.
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To say the least this is a bad starting point to be in with one of Americas largest industries, and one that we largely pioneered. When you type in a web address you don’t put .uk or .ca you put .com which should tell you something. This is our industry and the one that will keep us at the top, and our leadership should at the very least try to maintain a dialog in this regard.
