Bit of a long read, but explains how the Silicon Valley VC's and Musk have backed Trump, where thy came from, and how they are connected. Also, stuff like this:
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As the internet blossomed, Thiel began to encourage a new set of even more provocative thinkers. At their center was an ex-programmer named Curtis Yarvin, who blogged under the nom de plume Mencius Moldbug, sketching out the framework for a nascent reactionary movement — later called the new right — aimed at deposing the cabal of liberal elites running the country. Yarvin saw democracy as a “destructive” form of government, instead proposing a techno-monarchy run by a national chief executive. Americans, he said, had to “get over their dictator phobia.” He and Thiel grew close; Yarvin stayed in Thiel’s homes, and they watched the 2016 election returns together.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/18/m...i.mT-5vfiupwrY
Yikes, Yarvin. Yikes.