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0 pointsjerf9y ago0 comments

Yes, that's a great plan for YC. Go up to the next President of the United States and stick their finger in his eye. That'll really show him. That'll Win Friends and Influence People. Can't possibly harm their startups, either, to stick a finger in the President's eye like that. I'm sure they never want to fund a startup ever again that might interact with the Federal government in any way.

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_pius9y ago

Great moral courage there.

YC has a choice: do what IBM did in the 1930's or not.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_and_the_Holocaust

And before you say I'm "going Godwin," remember: It was Sam and Paul who've said they think Trump is a threat of similar proportions. If Sam really thinks that, the moral thing to do is cut ties.

And yes, it'll be hard. Would have been easier to do before the election. It will only get harder.

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