Trump started the policy shift against big tech they are so mad about! Biden (Kanter and Khan really just competently ran with his balls!) 1/

But Trump is transactional. They bought him off. Progressives actually believe their own line, once they were persuaded tech was a problem (antitrust, misinformation, plutocracy), they can’t be bought. 2/

For Trump its no problem to be against TikTok, then for it, against crypto, then for it, against Facebook, then for it, against Section 230, then, well, we’ll see. 3/

Musk and Yass bought Trump. It’s as simple as that. In 2016, Thiel became a prominent supporter, tech oligarchs shunned him. Now they’ve competed to bend the knee, to Trump and very explicitly to Musk. Bezos killed the WaPo Harris endorsement and talks up Musk’s supposed integrity. 4/

Musk has not only gone Trump, he’s gone Nazi. Andreeson too. Have tech oligarchs shunned him like they shunned Thiel in 2016? Can you name one? Is Apple pulling their ads from X again? 5/

I’m sorry. It’s the world’s most upscale Nazi bar. /fin