Thread by @polotek

No, they are both assholes. The only reason Jobs was "worse" is because he had tremendous power over many people. He was "worse" because he was allowed to be an asshole to far more people. Which is why we fire assholes now before they become CEO.

https://twitter.com/Scobleizer/status/1392860259715141634

White guys are real good at making the case for “Everything is permitted. Unless of course it’s inconvenient for people like me. Then it’s unconscionable.”

It's not being an asshole that's the problem. It's that they want there to be no consequences for being assholes.

When white men talk about freedom it has always been about the freedom to oppress other people. They dress it up in all kinds of different ways. But that's the freedom they feel they were promised. Freedom from consequences.

White men love Steve Jobs not only because he was hugely rich and successful. They love him partly *because* he got away with doing it while being a huge asshole. That's what winning feels like to them. When nobody can stop you from doing whatever you wanna do.

If you look at the tech leaders who have risen to popular culture, it's generally the people who are assholes. There are lots of rich white men to choose from. American culture is obsessed with the ones who wreak havoc.

I hate to give Scoble this much air. But I gotta make one last connection for y'all. The reason these men wanna follow men like Jobs is because they plan to continue to be assholes. They just want to gain enough power to get away with it. That's the dream.

https://twitter.com/Scobleizer/status/1392860259715141634

The very real world view of a lot of men is that you can get away with anything if you have enough money and power. And white men have been the most successful group in history at showing how big you can go with it.

We talk a lot about how these men show us who they are over and over again. But every now and then it looks like they are trying to show us something different. All that means is they are experiencing consequences. They realize they don't quite have impunity yet.

This also explains why they're so up in arms at recent shift towards holding even powerful white men accountable. They thought Harvey Weinstein had achieved enough power to be untouchable. The idea that this wasn't true sent them into a tizzy.

Men like this are constantly searching for the tipping point that makes them untouchable. The only thing that has changed recently is that they are also affected by our modern era of social medial. So they are whining about it publicly as well as in their back rooms.

Their fuckery is *visible* in a way that I don't even think they fully understand. They keep getting confused about why people aren't falling for the bullshit as much. We can *see* you bro. You keep saying the quiet part loud. There is no more quiet.