Freedom-oriented politicians and “technologists” are all alike, but every would-be despot is despotic in his own, special way. This week, while discourse surrounding Nikki Haley’s new suggestion that anonymity should be stripped from social media picked up steam (she has since moderated her position), tech industry wannabes reached with all their might for 2017’s hottest industry status symbol: approval from the tech-loathing media. How to achieve such status? Easy, speak the authoritarian’s silly made-up language, and do everything you can to further empower the One Party State.

Yesterday, following weeks of hedging on the Hamas / Israel discourse (which I’ll not be wading into here, relax, you’ve found a safe space for tech trends, illuminating shitposts, and industry gossip), venture capitalist Bilal Zuberi decided to enter the “ethics” conversation with the following, deeply stupid tweet: