I’ll bet that you have often said to yourself, ‘Self, old buddy, what you and I need in our USA politics are more barely known tech billionaires like the founders of LinkedIn and Zynga.’ And then your Self, being much more astute and less prone to talking to herself, will reply, ‘WTF? I only ever rejected requests to LinkIn, and have no idea what a Zynga is.’
WTF indeed.
Called Win The Future, WTF is starting as a "people's lobby" where people can vote on policy topics that are important to them, like making engineering degrees free for everyone.
Well sure, making engineers cheaper is important to.. employers of engineers, such as tech billionaires.
"We need a modern people’s lobby that empowers all of us to choose our leaders and set our agenda," said Mark Pincus, the billionaire cofounder of WTF and Zynga.
Wait, who chose a couple billionaires to lead them? I don’t remember that part.
People will vote on the policies and discuss them on Twitter. The ones that seem to resonate will then be turned into billboards that the group plans to buy in Washington D.C. to make sure Congressional leaders see them.
Billboards. In DC. About things that some people who vote in on-line polls think are important. Oh wow.
Are there billboards in DC? I can’t remember.
According to Recode, one of WTF's more audacious plans has been to recruit political outsiders to run as "WTF Democrats" and challenge the old stalwarts of the democratic party. One person Pincus targeted specifically has been Stephan Jenkins from the band Third Eye Blind, according to Recode.
Drawing a blank with Third Eye Blind? Hey, they have been around for 20 years now. Maybe this will ring a bell.
I am all OK with supporting new leadership in the Democratic Party. Chosen in the usual way, local elections for local officials, and primaries for state and national candidates. I don’t think this take-over bid will go far, but keep your third eye open in case.
Two Silicon Valley billionaires want to reinvent the Democratic Party with a new project called 'WTF'
Link is to Business Insider, the blockquotes are from their article.
Another link, to a HuffPo article.