Andreessen has made no secret of the fact that he feels he and his tech oligarch peers have been betrayed by elite institutions and the Democratic party.
Makes me wonder if all these techbros going fascist and racist is, at its core, the long term effects of being an insecure nerd who wasn’t invited to the “coolest” parties.
We know Trump was rejected by elite and celebrity society. That probably fueled his bitter insecurities. Likewise, the Andreessens, Musks, Altmans and Zuckerbergs probably felt like social pariahs and, now that they have immense wealth, feel empowered to exact revenge.
but in reality she’s just a sad, miserable blockhead who is trying to overcompensate for her lack of self-confidence that has followed her for her entire life
Except viruses don’t really work like that. You don’t breed immunity you breed the infected lives long enough to breed and/or pass on the virus. And it gives it time to jump species.
… pay packages of up to $300 million over four years, with more than $100 million in total compensation for the first year…
He’s really just creating the next generation of tech bros. This is how they reproduce. Someone drops a huge sum of money in their laps for being smart in a niche computer field. That money balloons their egos to the point of making them think they are smart at all the things. And, voilà, a techbro is born. The misogyny, racism and infatuation with eugenics comes naturally after that.
Even despots have to circle all the wagons when a threat appears. The only difference is the threat is usually at the center of the circle.