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Critics Ask Why 'Criminal' Tech Leaders Remain Unjailed

Original: Why isn't this criminal in jail? (Yes, it's like having idiotically expected Nazi Germany to put Goebbels to jail. # Tec

Commenters are asking aloud why figures they brand criminals in the technology sector remain free, arguing the companies and officials involved are effectively part of the current US government itself. One widely shared post likens the situation to expecting Nazi Germany to prosecute Joseph Goebbels, claiming 'technofascists' are the regime and may have been for some time. The anger follows reporting on the growing entanglement between tech executives and political power in the United States.

Why now: Frustration over perceived impunity for tech-political figures amid concerns about their closeness to the US government.

United StatesUS technology industryJoseph GoebbelsThe Guardian

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• Why isn't this criminal in jail? (Yes, it's like having idiotically expected Nazi Germany to put Goebbels to jail. # Technofascists ARE the regime in today's # US . And maybe they have been for quite some time now.) https://www. theguardian.com/technology/202… · 65dBnoise · 4

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