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Billionaire Holocaust

SnapeScope · 637.7K views · 2015-06-14 · 1:21

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Overview

A one-minute clip from HBO's Silicon Valley in which Gavin Belson describes the supposed persecution of billionaires in modern America by comparing it to the Holocaust. It is a satirical scene about tech-executive self-pity.

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Used as a joke reference whenever a thread features a tech billionaire or CEO complaining about being vilified.

Discussed on HN; no positive recommendation is recorded in this export · HN mentions 2016–2026

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vunderba · 2026-02 · Joke / meme

Anyone else getting Gavin Belson interview vibes from this? [VIDEO] And also the actual CNN interview that the parody was based on: [LINK]

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Barrin92 · 2020-07 · Joke / meme

>These laws exist to promote free thought. They punish those who seek to pry into our most private spaces and turn America into a place like East Germany. If you're going to argue that journalists blowing the whistle on the private conversations of the ultra-rich and powerful about how to reign in journalism with the Stasi, that's a great recipe for getting people sold on the idea that privacy itself is a tool used by the powerful to escape scrutiny. It reminds me of that bit in the Silicon valley TV show ( [VIDEO] )

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adtac · 2018-06 · Joke / meme

I found it hilarious when Gavin compared his treatment to the plight of the Jews in Nazi Germany [1]. And then I found out it was actually based on this guy [2]. [1] [VIDEO] [2] [LINK]

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