Comment by rchaud

Modern Silicon Valley, YC included, has abandoned its pretences of encouraging meritocracy, product quality and competing in a free and fair market. It's personality hires and ideological alignment over substance these days.

Airbnb and Uber succeeded by simply pouring cash into funding legal challenges, and waiting for cities to give up. OpenAI can't chase after Middle Eastern cash fast enough. Musk and Thiel are openly backing the most brazenly corrupt presidential candidate in US history.