Is There a Connection Between Tech Billionaires and Black People?

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Greatus: I see these similarities between tech billionaires who push these really libert an ideologies. Do you think that there's any connection between how they grew up and then what they believe today? Greatus: It may be based on, like, elitism, like is the story of the modern period. If you're in a lead out of the business world, or its being rich, then it's whele theres some people are better than others. You don't want other princes to fight the prince.

Paris Marx is joined by Rob Larson to discuss how tech billionaires use philanthropy to massage their images, how they're creating a world that leaves nearly everyone else worse off, and how we need to respond with an online socialism to bring tech platforms under worker control.

Rob Larson is the author of “Bit Tyrants: The Political Economy of Silicon Valley” and an economics professor at Tacoma Community College. He also recently wrote about how billionaire-funded philanthropy is a public-relations scam for Jacobin and how the tech platforms are on their best behavior during COVID-19 for Current Affairs. Follow Rob on Twitter as @IronicProfessor.

Tech Won't Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Follow the podcast (@techwontsaveus) and host Paris Marx (@parismarx) on Twitter.

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