Tech founders want California to secede

This is tech’s chance to show that it’s different than other elites.

As the dramatic presidential election neared its close on Tuesday, prominent tech investor Shervin Pishevar tweeted that he is starting a campaign for Silicon Valley’s home state to secede from the union. Do tech leaders really want that?

The weather in Silicon Valley is moderate as usual – partly sunny and partly cloudy. He said Trump is pointing the nation toward a new Republican Party beyond the dogmas of Reaganism, thus creating a new American politics that overcomes denial and reckons with reality.

Arguing that it would be the most patriotic thing Californians could do, Pishevar asserted that citizens of the Golden State should leverage the size and importance of the California economy to the broader United States to incite change and bring an end to the electoral college. Country is at serious crossroads.

“A contentious election is going to leave a lot of Canadians thinking fondly of Canada”, said Chris Plunkett, Communitech’s director of external relations. A weight that could better make itself felt as an outside entity?

“It’s all about how Twitter drove him to prominence, and fostered his image”, said Michael Pachter, an analyst with Wedbush, about the reason for Twitter’s sudden surge. And Trump has urged Apple and others to make hardware in the US instead of China to make “America first”.

Some leaders and observers have voiced concern over how Trump could affect the immigration of highly skilled workers, as well as internet privacy and cybersecurity. They wrote letters backing her, worked on her campaign and poured money into efforts to get her elected.

“Develop the offensive cyber capabilities we need to deter attacks by both state and non-state actors and, if necessary, to respond appropriately”.

On the flip side, however, most of the rhetoric among Silicon Valley’s top execs has been anti-Trump, CNBC notes.

During his campaign, Mr. Trump didn’t offer a specific plan for how he would tackle technology policy – unlike his Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton, who in June issued a detailed tech platform that executives broadly applauded. He has pushed for the Federal Communication’s

Trump will also take office just as the tech sector appears on the cusp of disruptive innovations involving robots, artificial intelligence and self-driving cars.