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San Francisco 2.0
2015 · Film · documentary · 39 min
Directed by Alexandra Pelosi
San Francisco has long enjoyed a reputation as the counterculture capital of America, attracting bohemians, mavericks, progressives and activists. With the onset of the digital gold rush, young members of the tech elite are flocking to the West Coast to make their fortunes, and this new wealth is forcing San Francisco to reinvent itself. But as tech innovations lead America into the golden age of digital supremacy, is it changing the heart and soul of their adopted city?
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The documentary "San Francisco 2.0" explores this idea, albeit casually.
From what I've seen, they have been more than capable to support the industry and take credit for it's successes and simultaneously demonize tech workers as unempathetic racists, sexists, and gentrifiers. A specific examples being Alexandra Pelosi's documentary San Francisco 2.0. Bill Maher has also made similar anti "tech bro" statements from time to time. While he's not the perfect centrist, he was pretty much behind the Obama administration 100%, and I would definitely consider him to be part of the Democratic establishment.
Folks might want to see Nancy Pelosi's daughter's documentary San Francisco 2.0 on the impact of inequality on the city, which happened to be plugged on the most recent Real Time.
http://www.hbo.com/documentaries/san-francisco-2-0/index.html