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The dark history of Silicon Valley

The Gray Area with Sean Illing

CHAPTER

Silicon Valley's Way of Doing Business

The East Coast has been the center of capital in America. But Silicon Valley grows throughout the mid and later 20th century, becomes more wealthy. And it develops its own sort of proto neoliberal way of doing business. It's very anti-union. It relies on a super stratified workforce with high skilled workers at the top and a heavy reliance on discardable workers at the bottom.

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