it’s not hard to understand why many workers in the Bay Area are angry at tech billionaires who have caused average one bedroom rents in San Francisco to rise close to $3000.
Look Who’s Gawking: Inside Nick Denton’s Phony, Hypocritical Class War Against Tech Workers
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December 26, 2013

Via Pando Daily:

“There’s class warfare, all right, but it’s my class, the rich class, that’s making war, and we’re winning.” – Warren Buffett

“Hypocrisy is the only modern sin.” – Nick Denton

Last Friday morning, a shuttle bus transporting Google workers from Oakland to Mountain View was surrounded by a mob. A banner was unfurled – “Fuck off Google” — and several of the protesters began hurling rocks at the bus, smashing a side window. Later reports suggested the bus had its tires slashed before police arrived to break up the violence.

The attack coincided with a similar protest in San Francisco, which re...

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