What should we (smart, technical people) be doing to stop Trump if he makes it to the general election? While it might not be the best fit for YC, have you thought about adding this to your RFS page?
Couldn't agree more. I can't believe how little support there is for ideas like free trade, where academics of every political stripe agree it's good, but the candidates don't.
As a SF tech person, I feel pretty homeless in today's political climate. Tech indeed does need to run a candidate, and not just in the national election, but locally as well, so we can get some housing built and no-nonsense public school reform.
Thanks, Sam! I'm hopeful too, but prediction markets still, distressingly, give Trump a 20% chance of winning it all. I'm sure there are a lot of people in CA who have skills that are in short supply (familiarity with stats, social networks, programming, etc. -- think Nate Silver), and who would want to volunteer on a part-time basis. It's not clear at the moment how they could put these skills to good use, other than by maybe volunteering for the Clinton campaign (which sounds to me like the non-profit equivalent of working for Microsoft). Probably there is room for small, technical non-profits with creative ideas.
Some things are more important than political positioning. Even an incorrect belief that leaders are corrupt will influence culture, making corruption more acceptable to society. Laws can be changed back and forth, and walls can be torn down, but corruption is mighty hard to fix once it has solidly taken root in society.
