youtu.be/vDTWU4m2H-g?...
Such a good explanation of how we got here and reason for the 2024 Trump election....
Billionaires were being accountable. They want impunity.
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One of the reasons Trump has gotten away with so much is because the Democrats are frankly useless.
Full #GildedRage podcast with the excellent @jacobsilverman.com out now: www.patreon.com/posts/patron...

Why Our Tech Overlords Took a Hard Right Turn A new book tells the story of how Elon Musk and other Silicon Valley entrepreneurs became angry admirers of authoritarianism.

See:

@jacobsilverman.com
focuses on a cohort of men—& they are, to be sure, all men—who have receded so far into their own bubbles, surrounding themselves with ever more yes-men & hangers-on, that they have lost all sense of proportion & become disconnected from reality.”
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Gilded Rage A searing insight into the political radicalization of Silicon Valley, from Elon Musk to Peter Thiel, JD Vance and Donald Trump, and how it will affect the futu…

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Gilded Rage -
Elon Musk and the Radicalization of Silicon Valley

“A searing insight into the political radicalization of Silicon Valley, from Elon Musk to Peter Thiel, JD Vance and Donald Trump, and how it will affect the future of all our lives.”

Available now.

[CW: SUGGESTIVE]

“Golden Week” you say…?

Even Dahlia’s in on it (after a LOT of convincing).

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How it started / How it’s going

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I have been playing with the idea of #GildedRage branding

*No, the rich people are very definitely NOT fine with the status quo that has made them rich. #Oligarchy #GildedRage

Gilded Rage: Elon Musk and the Radicalization of Silicon Valley * The author, Jacob Silverman, is working on a book titled "Gilded Rage: Elon Musk and the Radicalization of Silicon Valley" which explores the rise of right-wing politics in tech and authoritarianism. * The book is expected to be published next year and will cover topics such as money, power, lawfare, and favor-trading in the tech industry. * The author has recently published three pieces on the following topics: * Silicon Valley's reactionary turn * The rise of Polymarket and prediction markets * A taxonomy of the X shareholder list * These pieces can be found on the author's Substack and in publications such as The New Republic, Vanity Fair, and The Baffler. * The author is nearing the end of their book and will be writing at a fast pace through November to meet the election deadline. * The book aims to provide insight into the broader forces driving the tech industry and the cultural resentments that have led to the development of autonomous weapons. * #SiliconValley * #ElonMusk * #TechIndustry * #RightWingPolitics * #Authoritarianism * #Technofascism * #PredictionMarkets * #Polymarket * #XShareholderList * #GildedRage * #BookUpdate * #Substack https://www.jacobsilverman.com/p/three-new-pieces-and-a-book-update

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