How can we help them self-immolate at Burning Man?
The Silicon Valley elites funding the New Right believe it is much more difficult to be cynically correct than idealistically wrong. This is central to the worldview of figures such as Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, and Marc Andreessen. They believe it is their lot in life to possess superior judgement that enables them to pierce through conventional thought. In a few domains — most notably, venture capital and tech entrepreneurship — this can bring immense rewards. When it comes to politics, however, society tends to punish those who attempt to disabuse the masses of their false idealism. The tech billionaires therefore despise pious “liberal elites” who want to enjoy the fruits of civilization while condemning all of the dirty work required to make society function. These out-of-touch idealists, they say, want prosperity without inequality, safety without policing, excellence without rigor, and progress without disruption. This poses a dilemma: Suffer for speaking unpopular truths or allow society to continue deluding itself with bad ideas?
Our Straussian Techocracy - by Hirsh - Liberties Journal
Repose not horsemen
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