Bill Gates Surprised about Fellow Billionaires Rtward Political Shift, Always Thought Sil Vall Left of Center

[appalachiablue]

Bill Gates says he’s surprised about his fellow billionaires’ rightward political shift: ‘I always thought of Silicon Valley as being left of center.’
Fortune, Jan. 31, 2025.
Bill Gates donated $50 million to the Kamala Harris campaign.
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Bill Gates said he was surprised to see how many tech billionaires support President Donald Trump. The billionaire Microsoft founder donated $50 million to the Kamala Harris campaign and said he “always thought of Silicon Valley as being left of center.”
It seems like lately billionaires are banding together—and behind President Donald Trump. But one executive isn’t in on the boys’ club throwing money and support behind the president...

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[tanyev]

1. They don't care about RW social issues, but they loooove what RW authoritarianism can do for them.

[Lunabell]

3. IKR!

Until this year, musky was an atheist. Now, he's all christian values bulkshit.

[dalton99a]

7. +1

[Voltaire2]

11. Not true.

Andreeson Musk Theil and Elison are all very busy being Social Injustice Warriors. Zuckerberg appears to have joined them as well.

[Lunabell]

2. That's refreshing.

It doesn't surprise me. After all, he was married to Melinda.

[appalachiablue]

6. Good to know. Thanx for posting.

[1WorldHope]

4. That is good to hear.

I thought he joined in with the others. We need our own billionaires cuz ppl on SSA can not compete with Pusk and fiends.

[appalachiablue]

5. Amen, Patriotic Billionires who support democracy needed!

[Voltaire2]

12. Billionaires are not going to save us.

[Henry203]

8. I have been and am in high tech

My checks used to come from bank. These guys are an aberration to people in the industry. PayPal is a nice app but nothing truly interesting. It isn’t like PayPal really did much as far as anything of substance.

[dickthegrouch]

9. The rank and file in Silicon Valley are dems

Most of my colleagues over 40 years in SV were progressives and entirely supportive of the many foreigners we met all day every day.

[appalachiablue]

10. Excellent, good to know. Thanks.