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Andreessen Horowitz co-founders explain why they're supporting Trump

by yellow_postit on 7/17/24, 4:29 AM with 17 comments

  • by beardyw on 7/17/24, 7:23 AM

    It is ironic that those who are less well off fail to see any connection between those they vote for and their personal interest. Those who least need to benefit do see it.

  • by anonnon on 7/17/24, 5:09 AM

    I thought Ben Horowitz was fairly progressive. Were these high net-worth VCs, CEOs, and fund managers suddenly endorsing Trump actually closet Trumpers all along, or are they just cynically reading the room and trying to pander to it? For Bill Ackman, it certainly seems to be the latter, given his tendency to walk back premature hot-takes: https://www.businessinsider.com/bill-ackman-no-hire-list-gle...

  • by activista on 7/18/24, 5:40 PM

    Vote folks - at the ballot box, and with where you choose to apply your talent.

  • by ggm on 7/17/24, 4:44 AM

    > The reason he is choosing Trump over President Joe Biden boils down primarily to one major issue — he believes Trump’s policies are much more favorable for tech, specifically for the startup ecosystem.

    This is at least clear. Trump will make Andreessen Horowitz more money in the value proposition of modern american investment than Democrat policies.

    The fact that democrat policies might be more socially progressive, regarding female reproductive rights, or in housing, public utility functions, health, strategic posture in the world, defensive to real goods and services trade worldwide, has nothing to do with it.

    No, Andreessen Horowitz is focussed on the bottom line: They will get orgasmically rich no matter what, but it will be multiple orgasms of money, if Trump wins.

    Tech is not why I vote, that should be clear. I vote for reasons which do not relate to the VC model of finance, and the tech sector investment posture.

    (I am not an american, nor reside in the USA and so this comment is from outside)

  • by napoleoncomplex on 7/17/24, 5:45 AM

    What an evolution for the tech industry. From being the underdogs trying to change the world for the better, to becoming top dogs with all the same egoism and "money and power above all" that Big Oil and similar industries have been known for for decades.

    From that perspective, Trump loves money, loves deregulation, and will open the door for whatever dystopian play if it provides enough benefits to him, so it only makes sense for him to be more favoured.

    All that will come from this will be more evidence to how power corrupts everyone, and a lot of money made.

  • by KingOfCoders on 7/17/24, 5:57 AM

      "With them it was always the dollars, 
   always the fuckin'dollars."
  - Nicky Santoro, Casino

  • by jrflowers on 7/17/24, 4:53 AM

    TLDR: Taxes and AI regulation. Marc Andreesen is above ideology as evidenced by his lengthy recent manifesto about how he thinks the world should work