Along with the Rest of America, Tech Moves to the Right

America’s political sensibilities are moving to the right, along with many other countries like Hungary, Turkey, Italy, Slovakia, Croatia and the Czech Republic, and that’s sad, but it’s a choice that the people of the United States are free to make.

My problem isn’t so much that we’re surrounded by a growing number of poorly educated racists, but that, in addition to the “contemptible fools,” to quote Elon Musk, or the “deplorables,” to quote Hillary Clinton, we live among a much smaller group of billionaires who couldn’t care less about the well-being of the common American, much less the environment, and who are dominating public policy in Washington.

Worst of all, Donald Trump, a convicted felon, adjudicated sex abuser, and indicted traitor to his country, is at the heart of this transition.  I think many people, myself included, would be better equipped to deal with this if a criminal sociopath weren’t at the movement’s very core.

Marc Andreessen, who’s been at the forefront of the tech industry since the dawn of the Internet 30 years ago, donated $4.5 million to Trump’s 2024 campaign, and in the video below he explains why.