Honestly, this story has been repeated multiple times in the New York Times and other publications.
When you see that happening，it reeks of PR. The fingerprints are there - someone wants you to think that Silicon Valley VC are acting differently.
Reading the article, more red flags. This is a whole lot of deliberate signaling and posturing. Smells like PR, walks like PR, flops around on the dock like freshly caught fake news PR.
So why would prominent Silicon Valley VC engage highly placed PR services who can plant their self serving fake news into the New York Times (if you believe the New York Times is above this, I have very bad news for you)?
Answer: Politics.
These Bay Area VCs want one thing: Special government privileges from desperate middle American cities. Like Jeff Bezos, they want cities to beg for their money. Tax cuts, tax breaks, free real estate, special privileges, pork, tax incentives.
These articles are becoming common because this is a campaign to influence local politicians in these states, prepare the groundwork for later stages in their campaign.
Just reading this, it stinks so highly of signaling, the fakeness of the quotes are so over the top. The quotes have this fake “oh gee, we are just these crazy VCs who never thought of middle America before, what is a milk shake? How do I milk a cow?” Quality to them they cannot possibly be real.
Who is going to pay for all the special privileges these VCs are going to get from state and local governments? Hint: Tax payers.
The real title of this article should be: “Silicon Valley VCs identify dumb yokels in middle America willing to subsidize their future bullshit.” That’s the truth.
When you see that happening，it reeks of PR. The fingerprints are there - someone wants you to think that Silicon Valley VC are acting differently.
Reading the article, more red flags. This is a whole lot of deliberate signaling and posturing. Smells like PR, walks like PR, flops around on the dock like freshly caught fake news PR.
So why would prominent Silicon Valley VC engage highly placed PR services who can plant their self serving fake news into the New York Times (if you believe the New York Times is above this, I have very bad news for you)?
Answer: Politics.
These Bay Area VCs want one thing: Special government privileges from desperate middle American cities. Like Jeff Bezos, they want cities to beg for their money. Tax cuts, tax breaks, free real estate, special privileges, pork, tax incentives.
These articles are becoming common because this is a campaign to influence local politicians in these states, prepare the groundwork for later stages in their campaign.
Just reading this, it stinks so highly of signaling, the fakeness of the quotes are so over the top. The quotes have this fake “oh gee, we are just these crazy VCs who never thought of middle America before, what is a milk shake? How do I milk a cow?” Quality to them they cannot possibly be real.
Who is going to pay for all the special privileges these VCs are going to get from state and local governments? Hint: Tax payers.
The real title of this article should be: “Silicon Valley VCs identify dumb yokels in middle America willing to subsidize their future bullshit.” That’s the truth.