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He’s stopped fact-checking and spends time at Mar-a-Lago. And it isn’t just Zuckerberg—a whole cohort of billionaires place their companies’ fortunes above the well-being of society. 🔗 www.wired.com/story/silico...

wired.comI Thought I Knew Silicon Valley. I Was WrongTech got what it wanted by electing Trump. A year later, it looks more like a suicide pact.

It should be the best of times for the tech world, supercharged by a boom in artificial intelligence. But a shadow has fallen over Silicon Valley.

@petticoatdespot.bsky.social

The community still overwhelmingly leans left. But with few exceptions, its leaders are responding to Donald Trump by either keeping quiet or actively courting the government. 🔗 www.wired.com/story/silico...

22/9/25, 2:30 pm18 reposts93 likes

Jen Larkin

The community may "lean left" in word, but the discrimination against women and Black people is endemic. They are left on issues that white men face, but not overall.

Mark Russell

@manruss.bsky.social

23 Sept 2025

Most communities lean left. It’s ownership that aligns best with right wing regimes.

@peter-butler.bsky.social

One indelible image of this capture is from Trump’s second inauguration, where a decisive quorum of tech’s elite, after dutifully kicking in million-dollar checks, occupied front-row seats. 🔗 www.wired.com/story/silico...

Peter Butler

So what’s happened to Silicon Valley? Why did the Ayn Rand–loving heroes of tech become Donald Trump’s bootlickers? How did one of the supposedly smartest VCs wind up posting a manifesto that declared war on “trust and safety,” “tech ethics,” and “social responsibility”?

wired.comI Thought I Knew Silicon Valley. I Was WrongTech got what it wanted by electing Trump. A year later, it looks more like a suicide pact.

wolfgangbrooks.bsky.social

@wolfgangbrooks.bsky.social

Loving Ayn Rand is the first clue. Do you know what sociopaths/capitalists are?

wired.comI Thought I Knew Silicon Valley. I Was WrongTech got what it wanted by electing Trump. A year later, it looks more like a suicide pact.

Read the full article and find out: What the hell happened to Silicon Valley? www.wired.com/story/silico...

Great read!!!

@realperrygrossman.bsky.social

aluckybastard.bsky.social

See also "Mountainhead."

@aluckybastard.bsky.social

rebeccasugarday.bsky.social

Remember: most of those people are just super wealthy versions of the “parents basement” dorks. They lack charm, charisma, and basic social skills. They are all trolls at heart. Despite their wealth and power, they harbor a deep resentment of the “cool kids” the desperately seek validation from

@rebeccasugarday.bsky.social