Charles Hoskinson calls for a different kind of apoliticism than Brian Armstrong

Hoskinson later discovered that he was not the only recipient of the email at IOHK, but was rather a part of a bulk email blast sent to all of his company's employees.

Hoskinson remembered using Expensify, a platform which provides companies with expense management tools, in the early days of IOHK, but could not immediately recall if they were still using it.

"I don't think in the history of doing business - me doing business - I've ever received from an established company who is a service provider this close to election time, an unsolicited email asking our people to vote for a political candidate."

He also said that if turns out that IOHK is indeed still a customer of Expensify, it won't be for long - he intends to sever ties with the company and find a new vendor.

Hoskinson emphasized that within IOHK, he completely supports pluralism and freedom of expression.

He said that he cares only about how individuals can contribute to the company.

Hoskinson also noted that, though he has sometimes publicly expressed his opinions about politics, he always uses his personal social media channels and has never considered telling his employees how they should vote.

He further disclosed that his company has never made a contribution to any political campaign.

"I really do hope someone contacts the Federal Elections Commission about this because it does look like an in-kind contribution when a CEO takes their business mailing lists and decides to use those lists to support a particular political candidate. I am not a Trump supporter. On many occasions I've called him the Orange Goblin, nor am I a Biden supporter."

Though Hoskinson and Barrett may strongly disagree on the topic, both would appear to disagree with Armstrong's brand of apoliticism.