Google Eager to be Evil

Google recently announced it is “eager” to work with the Republican Party and increase its presence in Washington DC. Google plans to raise money for Republican candidates and lawmakers in exchange for…well…anything Google wants. This news, coupled with recent press on Google supporting Internet censorship in China, is evidence that Google is in fact quite evil after all. What is interesting about Google’s new identity is that the company itself, at least its Mountain View headquarters, is filled with many liberal leaning, razor scootin’ nerds that in no shape or form support GOP shenanigans or censorship.

This begs the question: do corporations really take on lives of their own, with objectives, goals, and values totally independent of those held by individuals within the corporation itself? Before Google began its rapid ascent towards global domination, it gained the trust and user loyalty by being free, colorful, simple, and by-the-people-for-the-people-esque. Stories of Google’s “perfect” algorithm and magical campus reminiscent of Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory instilled a sense of respect and wonder for a corporation that other Fortune 500 could not pay to attain.

Alas, it seems as though there really cannot be such a thing as a “non-evil” corporation. Google is now experiencing an exodus from Eden, a fall from grace. I surmise more than a few political science professors are sadly shaking their heads thinking: “Aahhhh, Google…Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely.”

But Google is not absolutely powerful; it is dependent on the loyalty of its users. Here is what some Googlers had to say about the news of Google’s increasing friendship with the GOP:

Well, I guess it's time to start avoiding the use of Google internet tools. There are other options for everything they do.

Our country has fallen, worshipping the corporate dollar.

Time to boycott google !
I have just deleted google from my system.

Sickening, I'm disgusted with Google...
ALTAVISTA is my search engine...

I have ZERO interest in any corporation that enables this regime any further.

Google is still the best search engine, but not for long.

You can write Google but it will do as much good as writing George Bush to complain AND probably will put you in a data base marked "ENEMY"

Interesting that you cant find any news about this on Google. Let the 4th Reich continue. Big Brother's dirty little cousin just showed up.

Google is apparently run by extremely stupid managers. What Republican paradigm do they wish to emulate, the corporate fraud or the corporate bankruptcy?

You can get Google results by using Scroogle.com with no tracking your results

Perhaps we still live in a democracy, after all.


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