Tag: kleptocracy

• Making the World Safe for Criminals

  March 9, 2025

  Prior to the 2024 election, there was a debate about whether Donald Trump was a fascist. I thought that was the wrong moniker because fascism has specific associations with genocide… more ›

• The New Fascist International: Technocratic Oligarchy and the Threat to Democracy

  March 2, 2025

  The emergence of a transnational alliance between tech billionaires, authoritarian politicians, and far-right movements represents both a continuation of historical patterns and something unprecedented in human history. https://harmoniousdiscourse.substack.com/p/the-new-fascist-international-technocratic more ›

• Elon Musk’s Takeover Is Being Aided by a Trumpworld Power Couple

  March 2, 2025

  When President Donald Trump’s aides and advisers relay concerns about Elon Musk’s takeover of the federal government, they’re often given what’s intended to be a reassuring answer: Don’t worry, Stephen… more ›

• Donald Trump Plays Church

  January 21, 2025

  It’s usually gauche to take pictures in church. But at St. John’s, the Episcopal Church just across a sedate Lafayette Square from the White House, photography is inevitable at least… more ›

• Elon Musk and the Decline of Western Civilization

  January 20, 2025

  Back in 2021, I wrote a blog post for American Purpose on “Silvio Berlusconi and the Decline of Western Civilization.” In it I argued that when historians 50 or 100… more ›

• Finally, the Elites Have Been Defeated by the Billionaires

  November 10, 2024

  “Resentment against elites proved to be deeper and more profound than many in both parties had recognized.” — NYT “Many other billionaires and industry titans have thrown their support behind… more ›

• The moral bankruptcy of Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz

  July 25, 2024

  Last week, the founders of venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz declared their allegiance to Donald Trump in their customary fashion: talking about money on a podcast. Marc Andreessen and Horowitz… more ›

• An AI mafia is forming before our eyes: Here’s the definitive map

  July 19, 2024

  From left: Dario Amodei, co-founder and chief executive officer of Anthropic, left, and Daniela Amodei, co-founder and president of Anthropic; Aravind Srinivas, CEO, Perplexity; Ilya Sutskever; Elon Musk, co-founder of Tesla and SpaceX and owner… more ›

• There is no American Ambani

  March 7, 2024

  If you were on Instagram over the weekend, you probably saw a few pictures of Anant Ambani’s three-day pre-wedding celebration — a blowout party in honor of his impending wedding… more ›

• Politics and the Future

  December 15, 2023

  If a candidate supports an optimistic technology-enabled future, we are for them. If they want to choke off important technologies, we are against them https://a16z.com/politics-and-the-future/ more ›