{"id":58192,"date":"2018-01-11T04:05:32","date_gmt":"2018-01-11T04:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/tucker-tech-barons-now-main-threat-to-freedom-not-federal-government\/"},"modified":"2018-01-11T04:05:32","modified_gmt":"2018-01-11T04:05:32","slug":"tucker-tech-barons-now-main-threat-to-freedom-not-federal-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/tucker-tech-barons-now-main-threat-to-freedom-not-federal-government\/","title":{"rendered":"Tucker: Tech Barons Now Main Threat to Freedom, Not Federal Government"},"content":{"rendered":"
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byLucas Nolan<\/a>10 Jan 20180<\/a><\/p>\n

In a recent interview with former Google Engineer James Damore, Fox News host Tucker Carlson stated that the biggest threat to freedom is no longer the federal government, but large tech companies like Google.<\/h2>\n

In an interview with Fox News host Tucker Carlson, James Damore discussed the class action lawsuit that he has brought against his former employer, Google. During the interview, Tucker discussed the memo Damore authored that resulted in his firing from the company, his treatment as a conservative in Silicon Valley, and the PC culture that has taken hold in tech firms across the world.<\/p>\n

During the interview, Tucker made an insightful analysis saying, \u201cnow if you\u2019re conservative, it might be difficult to get your head around what is happening in this country, so much has changed. But here\u2019s the bottom line, the federal government is no longer the main threat to your privacy and to your freedoms, you\u2019ve grown up thinking that, it\u2019s no longer true. Big corporations are the main threat to your freedom and your privacy. The government doesn\u2019t own your private emails \u2014 Google does.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFederal employees can\u2019t be fired for their political views, private sector employees are all the time. The Trump administration can\u2019t end your ability to publicly communicate your ideas, Twitter and Facebook can do that and they do it all the time. The Orwellian future is increasingly the Orwellian present and tech barons are becoming our new commissars, liberals who once stood up for free expression and opposition to concentrations of corporate power have been thoroughly co-opted, they\u2019re getting rich from it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tucker\u2019s statement was made at around three minutes into the video below:<\/p>\n