Comment by SilverElfin
7 hours ago
This is written from a Canadian perspective, but even within America, there are good reasons to stop giving money to American tech companies and find alternatives. The founders and executives and investors of all of these companies have become wealthy and powerful. Now they are dismantling the country by funding a certain political group and looking the other way as that same group seeks to deport 100 million Americans (basically all non whites), invade allied nations, and terrorize people in the streets. There’s no escape from the reality that dollars given to American tech companies is dollars given to that same machine.
> [Republicans] [seek] to deport 100 million Americans (basically all non whites), invade allied nations,
You think these are statements of fact?
These statements are pretty well supported.
Re/ deporting 100 million Americans: The actual number would be 53 million and I'll explain. The USA Department of Homeland Security made an official statement two weeks ago which included an image of a classic American car on a beach with blue sky and the headline "America after 100 million deportations."[1][2] According to the US Census there are fewer than 47 million people living in the USA who are foreign born.[3] So even if every single immigrant is deported, including legal residents and naturalized citizens, hitting the government's goal of 100 million deportations would require deporting approximately 53 million people born in the USA who are, according to the 14th Amendment, entitled to citizenship. The Supreme Court has said the exceptions to this citizenship right are 1) children of foreign diplomats, and 2) children of an occupying enemy force. I'm going to say #1 is tiny and #2 is zero. DHS appears to have a goal to deport approximately 53 million Americans.
Re/ invading allied nations: For months the world has listened to the American president and republicans threatening to annex and control allied nations, such as Canada and Greenland. I don't think that claim even requires a citation, does it?
[1] https://www.instagram.com/p/DS8Tx3XCRLQ
[2] https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/03/homeland-sec...
[3] https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/US/POP645223#PO...
I recommend following the Twitter profiles of the various federal agencies. They tweet supremacist slogans or variations all the time. The official DHS account tweeted a call to deport 100 million:
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/dhs-100-million-deportations-...
As for invasions of allies that have been proposed by the administration - Canada, Mexico, Greenland.
Do you think a lot of US tech workers feel the same?
From my personal interactions these past few days on HN it is very disappointing how ignorant and devoid of facts the arguments are which come from people who seem to be US tech workers.
I think most are totally unaware. The ones that could become victimized by the administration are quietly terrified and worried about their future. But they can’t speak up because their CEOs are fans of the administration. One disappointing pattern I see is many tech workers downplaying what’s going on - I think it’s hard for them to imagine what the impact is when it doesn’t threaten them specifically.