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How Techno-Libertarians Fell in Love with Big Government
Quinn Slobodian argues Silicon Valley investors are against the state only insofar as it is not enriching them personally.
In his view, Silicon Valley was usurping all four cities, previously the centers of power in postwar America, by outpacing regulation, scorning academic prestige, introducing streaming services, and reinventing direct-to-consumer marketing. And, as Bloomberg reports, a16z is a familiar face in Washington these days and spends significantly more on lobbying than other venture funds to push its “American Dynamism” initiative, which consists of backing firms that chase government defense, energy, and logistics contracts. In 2020, he wrote a new preface to James Dale Davidson and William Rees-Mogg’s 1999 book, The Sovereign Individual: Mastering the Transition to the Information Age, which envisions the possibility of escape from the state, complete with cyber-currencies and the abandonment of conventional citizenship.
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