Silicon Valley pastor resigns from church after calling Palo Alto an "elitist shit den of hate..elitist liberalism by proxy."

This ^

Let's substitute a few words just for fun:

"The elite running crowd is motivated by endless competition, elite status, rampant obsession with PR's, and the myth that their running is somehow always improving the world.”

Or, substitute a few words to reveal some uncanny similarities between Silicon Valley and LetsRun:

Flagstaff runner resigns from contract after calling LetsRun an "elitist sh*t den of hate..elitist runnerism by proxy."

All non-idiots believe in a mixed market economy. What sectors of the economy are socialized, what are lightly regulated market based, and what are heavily regulated market based are and will be forever matters of contention with which reasonable people can agree.

I have no idea why he would think it's immoral for Facebook to have an HQ other than a 'everything should be socialized' short-sighted ideology (I also didn't read or watch the article), but the general complaints he had about Big Tech in Rojo's quote are spot on. And Facebook is the worst, since at least the other monopolistic big tech companies (e.g. Google / Amazon) provide a social good (i.e. create wealth) with their products, even if their monopolistic practices (should) require them to be broken up / nationalized / heavily regulated / whatever solution you prefer. Facebook (and all social media) is a public menace that needs to be made illegal or regulated to the point that it's a mere phonebook replacement and its stock crashes; social media tech companies are basically dopamine drug dealers that are capitalizing on the laws not moving fast enough to regulate what it does. (It sells your data and tries too hook you into giving you more of it by literal addiction; Cambridge Analytica isn't an outlier, it's a representative sample of the entire reason Facebook is valuated like it is.) Social media is **EVIIL**.

Also the whole reason it's so ridiculously expensive to live in the south bay (really most of the bay area) is that their building codes won't let supply catch up with demand.

If there’s one thing I love, it’s self-righteous hypocrites like this pastor calling out other hypocrites.

Get the log out of his own eye before worrying about the speck in someone else’s.

FlyingFast wrote:

Let's substitute a few words just for fun:

"The self titled elite running crowd is motivated by endless competition, complaining, accusing others, elite status, rampant obsession with PR's, and the myth that LR threads somehow always improving the world.”

had to change it just a bit

CuriousPerson wrote:

Also the whole reason it's so ridiculously expensive to live in the south bay (really most of the bay area) is that their building codes won't let supply catch up with demand.

Dude, you are spot on right there. Spot on. Very insightful.

rojo trolling again with the culture wars. Don't we have a dedicated thread for this?

rojo, why do you hate capitalism? tech is the new face of success in America - get used to it. why don't you move to sweden if you can't handle freedom.

that said, i am on board with hatred for dens of elitism. i know this is resorting to ad hominem, but i just can't resist - did you go to princeton or yale? i can never remember which.

also, haven't you seen the news about elon musk union busting at Tesla? the tech industry CAN do good. time to invest! do you like grimes?

https://www.buzzfeed.com/bradesposito/grimes-elon-musk-tesla

vivalarepublica wrote:

rojo trolling again with the culture wars. Don't we have a dedicated thread for this?

there is only so much you can say about running....one foot in front of the other

and you can't argue politics with anyone at work....or with anyone in your family or there will be hurt feelings....LR is a great place for it....most people are educated and intelligent, even if they are on the other side of the argument

My dude, this a thoughtful answer. Kudos to you.

Flounder wrote:

ex-runner wrote:

Great post for a running website, cheers rojo.

Stir up a conservative Vs liberal argument for clicks ?

Agreed. How does this garbage relate to running? This is nothing but a useless troll thread to get clicks. The OP is Robert.

This is the first time I realized that Rojo is also one of the basement trolls. He was so excited that he must have forgotten to post with his troll handle.

Hahaha.

Haha probably

John Utah wrote:

vivalarepublica wrote:

rojo trolling again with the culture wars. Don't we have a dedicated thread for this?

there is only so much you can say about running....one foot in front of the other

and you can't argue politics with anyone at work....or with anyone in your family or there will be hurt feelings....LR is a great place for it....most people are educated and intelligent, even if they are on the other side of the argument

My main concern is that rojo just liked to rile up the message with clickbait news concerning the culture wars. I would figure that some 40+ dude with a family would have somethjng better to do with his website or be concerned about.

Liberals are condescending NIMBYs

nice rant wrote:

FonziScheme wrote:

Correct-a-mundo.

PS - Hey everybody, you can use barred language in the titles of your post! Or is that just the Blojos?

haha, noticed this as well. some are more equal than others.

Of course we aren't equal to the FOUNDERS OF THE WEBSITE. Why would we be?

John Utah wrote:

radical idea wrote:

maybe, just maybe, there's a sweet spot somewhere in between ayn rand and north korea.

btw, only in america are liberal and leftist used as synonyms. doesn't make any sense.

Not sure why you are confused. Most of the world leans very far left of the USA, so their middle is not anywhere close to our middle.

Who's to say SV is not the sweet spot that you describe. I've been there many times. I don't see too many destitute people...or any.

Ummm . . . what a surprise that you don't see any destitute people in your business meetings and while making the tourist rounds!

OMG, you are clueless! I live in SV. Lots of good stuff going on here. And lots of homelessness, poverty, destitution, . . . Oh, but you're visited SV and you "don't see it"? LOL

That's Funny wrote:

OMG, you are clueless! I live in SV. Lots of good stuff going on here. And lots of homelessness, poverty, destitution, . . . Oh, but you're visited SV and you "don't see it"? LOL

Lots of RV's doubling as "affordable" homes last time I was there for working families. It's like you can feel it in the air - the two Bay Areas - one where you're rich and can afford to walk over the person on the street and the other, where you're struggling to get by.

That's Funny wrote:

John Utah wrote:

Not sure why you are confused. Most of the world leans very far left of the USA, so their middle is not anywhere close to our middle.

Who's to say SV is not the sweet spot that you describe. I've been there many times. I don't see too many destitute people...or any.

Ummm . . . what a surprise that you don't see any destitute people in your business meetings and while making the tourist rounds!

OMG, you are clueless! I live in SV. Lots of good stuff going on here. And lots of homelessness, poverty, destitution, . . . Oh, but you're visited SV and you "don't see it"? LOL

My point is that SV seems to be working for a lot of people. Do you think there is any place where there aren't people in need? There is no utopia, bro.

What do you mean by "lots of destitution"? Take a trip to east st. louis and compare your "lots of poverty" in SV with the "lots of poverty" there. Report back.

John Utah wrote:

My point is that SV seems to be working for a lot of people. Do you think there is any place where there aren't people in need? There is no utopia, bro.

What do you mean by "lots of destitution"? Take a trip to east st. louis and compare your "lots of poverty" in SV with the "lots of poverty" there. Report back.

Wild idea here: what if poverty in an area of extraordinary wealth (SV?) and poverty in an area of less general wealth (E. STL?) have different causes and maybe require different responses?