Tag: Silicon Valley

Tech Billionaires Love Trump Now — Because He’s One of Them

Silicon Valley’s right-wing history goes back over 100 years; Donald Trump is a perfect avatar for their power play.

Donald Trump has taken to tech like a fish to water because it’s an industry led by right-wing warmongers and con men. And now he isn’t just like them; he is them. As much as Thiel or Musk or Altman or anyone else, Trump is the Valley’s avatar — whether or not he’s ever actually used a computer.

Tech Billionaires Love Trump Now — Because He’s One of Them

Meet the Silicon Valley CEOs Who Say Greed Is Good—Even if It Kills Us All – Mother Jones

“It’s easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism.”

Source: Meet the Silicon Valley CEOs Who Say Greed Is Good—Even if It Kills Us All – Mother Jones

Opinion | Bailing Out the Undeserving Rich—Again | Common Dreams

An illustrative stock chart and Silicon Valley Bank logo

Wealth creates power; power creates more wealth. Unattended, this can become a vicious cycle.

Source: Opinion | Bailing Out the Undeserving Rich—Again | Common Dreams