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Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan launches dark-money group to influence California politics (missionlocal.org)
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Tan, the CEO of the vaunted startup incubator Y Combinator, announced Wednesday he had spun up a dark-money group called “Garry’s List” that he described as a “voter education group” that is “dedicated to civic engagement, voter education and support for common-sense policies and candidates” in a press release. Such groups give donors a way to anonymously support causes without giving directly to a candidate or a measure.

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[–] SinningStromgald@lemmy.world 68 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

But the operation is also a media venture: Garry’s List started with a blog pillorying public-sector unions as “special interests,” attacking the ongoing teachers’ strike, and denouncing the proposed billionaire tax.

That's all I need to know this guy is a piece of shit.

For years, Tan has called on tech executives to create “parallel” media and “replace the unelected parts of the system,” like unions and nonprofits. “We need our own machine,” he said in 2023.

Sorry, I meant a really really really really really BIG big piece of shit.

[–] fushuan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 8 hours ago

Unions and non-profits are as much "unelected part of our system" as private companies are, is he proposing to regulate those too? Of course not, what a piece of shit.

[–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 13 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

He also talks about the current Twitter being parallel media. And how that’s a good thing for furthering his agenda of tech ceos taking control of society.

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago

Smart fella. Wait, no, I meant fart smella.