> This style—the elite who despise the elite—describes some of Trump’s most influential backers, including Elon Musk, the venture capitalist Marc Andreessen, and the financier Bill Ackman. What’s notable about these figures isn’t that they’re wealthy people supporting the conservative candidate; that’s a dog-bites-man story. Rather it’s that they’ve all couched their support for Trump as anti-establishment—whether it’s Ackman against colleges and the DEI bureaucracy, Musk against legacy media, or Andreessen against the Biden administration’s crypto policies. Each of these immensely powerful men has recognized that, in an age of anti-incumbency, the best way to promote one’s cause is to align oneself with the common man’s plight and to frame one’s opinions as a war against power.
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Anti-elite elite, AKA venture capitalists
mullahchode on
yeah i’m the richest man in the world i own an electric car and space ship company
real salt of the earth, me
TDaltonC on
Every political movement has its own elites; even an anti-elite one. That doesn’t make it hypocritical.
WOKE_AI_GOD on
The replacement of and hollowing out of civil society institutions with various oligarchs and their clients.
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> This style—the elite who despise the elite—describes some of Trump’s most influential backers, including Elon Musk, the venture capitalist Marc Andreessen, and the financier Bill Ackman. What’s notable about these figures isn’t that they’re wealthy people supporting the conservative candidate; that’s a dog-bites-man story. Rather it’s that they’ve all couched their support for Trump as anti-establishment—whether it’s Ackman against colleges and the DEI bureaucracy, Musk against legacy media, or Andreessen against the Biden administration’s crypto policies. Each of these immensely powerful men has recognized that, in an age of anti-incumbency, the best way to promote one’s cause is to align oneself with the common man’s plight and to frame one’s opinions as a war against power.
Anti-elite elite, AKA venture capitalists
yeah i’m the richest man in the world i own an electric car and space ship company
real salt of the earth, me
Every political movement has its own elites; even an anti-elite one. That doesn’t make it hypocritical.
The replacement of and hollowing out of civil society institutions with various oligarchs and their clients.