Marc Andreessen's 'colonialism' gaffe? A symptom of Silicon Valley bias

Facebook board member Marc Andreessen's offensive remarks about India on Twitter hint at an out-of-touch tech elite

After an irate Facebook board member wrote that India is better off under colonialism, many in Silicon Valley's large and influential Indian population were offended.

"People like [Facebook board member] Marc Andreessen are speaking from places of such massive privilege and are still so massively wrong," said Rohit Sharma, a venture capitalist with True Ventures, which has raised $878m. "Someone in India's needs are just the same as someone in San Francisco. How dare you imply otherwise? No."