“This technology is the most dangerous and powerful thing in the world, and everyone should be paying attention to it,” says company directly profiting off adoption of said technology. Quelle surprise! Surely they can be trusted to be telling the unvarnished truth!

passed in California, where Democrats control the entire legislative process.

I think that’s the “with the help of tech bros” part. Rather high population of those in California, and boy do they have lobbying money.