Shark Tank's Mark Cuban slams Silicon Valley's tech culture on Bill Maher's show
Billionaire tech entrepreneur Mark Cuban slammed Silicon Valley techies in a recent interview, calling their culture as "pretentious as f**k." Cuban was interviewed by comedian Bill Maher for his 'Club Random with Bill Maher' show's Sunday episode, where they talked about what they disagree and hate about northern California.
The 64-year-old 'Shark Tank' figure discussed with the host that he does not think that he will ever be able to live as a full-time resident in California, pointing out that the place does not attract an approachable space for business. However, Cuban mentioned that the major reason behind his reluctance is due to the failed policies of the state that resulted in the taxpaying residents facing poor living conditions and a homelessness crisis.
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Cuban said, "Look what's happened in San Francisco, I mean, an entire industry is getting pushed out. You know, the whole technology industry went from, 'Well, it's ok. This is growth, this is, you know, the new thing.' And now, you know, it's just about people sh***ing on the street," to which Maher responded, "I was gonna say, the cleaning-up-the-sh**-off-the-street-industry is doing very well."
Expressing his displeasure for the city, the media proprietary said: "I've never been a big San Francisco fan, at all," he said and the comedian retorted, "You know, I know what you mean. It's a little cliquey."
"Pretentious as f**k, Right?," said Cuban who discussed the attitude of those in Silicon Valley by saying: "Being in the tech industry everybody is the smartest motherf***er in the world if you live in Silicon Valley."
"The attitudes, I mean, it's just like, 'We're tech bros. We're tech bros. Of course, we're smarter. You know, we went to Harvard, we went to MIT, we're in tech. You just can't hang. You don't know what the f*** is going on. All I can to not let any of my investments work outta Silicon Valley," he added.
Maher agreed to Cuban's comment as he said "Just because you're good at tech doesn't mean you're the smartest person in the world," and Cuban concurred "F*** no."
The comedian told that "You're good at that one thing, which is very important," to which Cuban added "they're not even that good at it. they're just there to pretend that they're good at it. I'd rather start a business in Dallas all day, every day."
According to the Daily Mail, Mayor London Breed governed San Franciso has failed to keep up with the progressive policies and has led the city to collapse, even though its system is embedded with progressive politicians. District attorney Chesa Boudin's hyper-progressiveness was recalled through a vote cast by the city's woke population over the soft approach on notorious criminals.
There are many incidents to validate the point that there are many growing concerns in San Francisco. In a shocking incident, 35-year-old tech boss Ivan Matkovic retold a shocking incident of his ten-month-old son who overdosed on fentanyl, who was picked up from the local playground in a nearly fatal condition last month. Matkovic was told by the family nanny that she had not seen what his son touched or ingested when he crawled on the grass as usual. She also said that no drugs, foil, or needles were noticed in the area.
The Department of Parks and Recreation of the city stated that after their search of the park, no drugs or paraphernalia were found, and determined that the child may have been exposed to some form of powder, which is difficult to find.
He said, "It’s not just dealers and people you don’t know who is impacted by this, it’s tipping over into the broader populace, and it feels like it needs that kind of Covid-like attention, and it doesn’t seem like it’s getting that."