Its real somehow: https://xcancel.com/Shedletsky/status/1886563357249212846#m

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A tweet by Jon sheletsky (@shedletsky) saying "Silicon Valley built the modern world. Why shouldn’t we run it?. The tweet has 658k views, 70 bookmarks, 70 likes, 460 retweets/quotes and 694 replies. It was posted at 6:52 PM, 2/3/25.

  • @lemmylommy@lemmy.world
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    424 days ago

    Oh, you mean the guy who invented the thing that works on child labor, takes children’s pocket money and exposes them to predators?

    • @pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip
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      314 days ago

      Oh, you mean the guy who invented the thing that works on child labor, takes children’s pocket money and exposes them to predators?

      Oof. That doesn’t narrow down who we’re talking about nearly as much as it should.

    • @pivot_root@lemmy.world
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      4 days ago

      And unregulated gambling. Can’t forget the whole item market aspect, where goods trade for higher and lower value based on speculation and demand like real-world securities do.