""I'm going to lay out a hypothesis about why Trump's suddenly backing away from a crackdown in San Francisco (and possibly the rest of the Bay Area): 1) this place is organized, and 2) the wealthy, powerful people Trump listens to are especially vulnerable to organizing-driven-polarization. Two weeks ago, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff publicly mused that sending the National Guard to SF was a good idea. Now he's privately talking Trump out of it.""
""Because he's in a bad position to weather which-side-are-you-on moments. Like other tech concerns, Salesforce has been chasing federal contracts (with ICE!) because . . . money. Like other Bay Area tech concerns, Salesforce runs off the labor of high-skilled workers whose politics land to the left of their bosses' politics. Uniquely among other Bay Area tech concerns, Salesforce's workforce is concentrated in the most prominent skyscraper in downtown SF - an *easy* and *obvious* target for protests over an ICE crackdown.""
Billionaires and tech moguls exert decisive influence over political actions in San Francisco, intervening to prevent federal troop deployments. Mark Benioff and Jensen Huang contacted Trump, countering plans that would have filled the city with federal forces and hindered conventions. Trump retreated partly because wealthy people he listens to are vulnerable to organizing-driven polarization. Salesforce's CEO publicly supported a National Guard deployment but then privately lobbied against it to avoid alienating employees. Salesforce seeks federal contracts, including with ICE, while relying on a left-leaning, high-skilled workforce concentrated in a downtown skyscraper vulnerable to protests. Corporate leaders avoid open conflict with their workers.
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