I Don't Think I Can Stay in Tech
The author expresses deep disillusionment with the tech industry after discovering prominent executives and companies are funding David Heinemeier Hansson's 'Omacom Foundation,' despite DHH's alleged fascist ideology. The article criticizes the normalization of far-right views among powerful tech figures and the complicity of major tech companies.
Why it matters
This article highlights a significant ethical and cultural conflict within the tech sector, where personal values clash with corporate associations, potentially influencing career choices and public perception of major tech companies and their leaders.
I came across a blog post today that hit me harder than expected. It’s nominally about one specific action and person—companies and people giving money to David Heinemeier Hansson’s “Omacom Foundation,” despite DHH’s well-publicized turn toward fascist ideology—but it’s also about, well, everything.
Brennan Kenneth Brown writes in “ Normalized Fascism in Open Source: $12 Million Given to DHH ”,
Much of the world has become far too complacent and complicit with people (and their companies) who proclaim and hold far-right, fascist ideology. These are not image boards residing in the fringe corners of an anonymous Internet made up of people who have slipped through the cracks. No, these are wealthy people in power who are blatant and shameless in their support for those who continuously beat the drum of bigotry, xenophobia, transphobia, and cynical accelerationist hatred.
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