Fascism for First Time Founders

- Author: Mike Masnick
- Full Title: Fascism for First Time Founders
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- URL: https://www.techdirt.com/2025/07/17/fascism-for-first-time-founders/
Highlights
- Real innovation happens when companies have to compete on merit, not on who can kiss the leader’s ass most effectively. In a functioning democracy with actual rule of law, the best products have the opportunity to win. In an authoritarian system, the company that makes the dictator happy wins—and that’s it. (View Highlight)
- The United States became the global innovation leader in part because we attracted the best and brightest from around the world. They came here because we had something other countries didn’t: a stable, democratic system where merit mattered more than connections, where you could build something without worrying that tomorrow’s political winds might destroy everything you’ve worked for. (View Highlight)