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Y Combinator CEO boosts ‘Soros’ conspiracy theory (www.thenerdreich.com)

submitted 5 months ago by JRepin@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.ml

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[–] ultranaut@lemmy.world 33 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Y Combinator seems like a nexus of creepy and unhinged techbros, I'm not surprised they have a CEO who wields antisemitic conspiracy theories against his critics.

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

100%. I came here to say the same thing. The vibe at ycomb is like condescending fascism. I've been banned many times. Lemmy is a vast improvement for tech news/info.

Not to mention cultish stuff like "slate star codex", etc.

[–] ultranaut@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago

Wow, from the article you linked here's one of them plotting to wield a fascist mob against a journalist just like a proper villain, in case there were any doubts:

“If things get hot, it may be interesting to sic the Dark Enlightenment audience on a single vulnerable hostile reporter to dox them and turn them inside out with hostile reporting sent to *their* advertisers/friends/contacts,” Mr. Srinivasan said in an email viewed by The New York Times, using a term, “Dark Enlightenment,” that was synonymous with the neoreactionary movement.

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I’d never heard of Slate Star Codex, but I am familiar with the cult of LessWrong.

In 2013, a significant portion of the rationalist community shifted focus to Scott Alexander's Slate Star Codex.

Now he’s moved to Substack as Astral Codex Ten. He’s started his own psychiatric practice as well, however, “Unfortunately, we are no longer accepting new patients, and we’re not expecting this to change in the medium-term future.”