Marc Andreessen

Like, this is the deal. And then, of course, everybody knows Republicans are just like knuckle-dragging racists. And, you know, it was just kind of taken as given that there was just going to be this great relationship. And, of course, it worked so well for the Democratic Party, and Clinton and Gore, you know, sailed a re-election in 96.

Like, this is the deal. And then, of course, everybody knows Republicans are just like knuckle-dragging racists. And, you know, it was just kind of taken as given that there was just going to be this great relationship. And, of course, it worked so well for the Democratic Party, and Clinton and Gore, you know, sailed a re-election in 96.

And the Valley was locked in for, you know, 100 years to come just to be straight-up conventional blue Democrat. Yeah.

And the Valley was locked in for, you know, 100 years to come just to be straight-up conventional blue Democrat. Yeah.

Yes. So, A, yes, 100%. I would say, B, even more than that, we all voluntarily live in California. Right. So, we have the... So we not only have the federal dimension of what you're saying, we also live in these very high tax cities, you know, San Francisco, Palo Alto. And so, yeah. And I think I think by paying higher taxes and not objecting to them, you prove you're a good person.

Yes. So, A, yes, 100%. I would say, B, even more than that, we all voluntarily live in California. Right. So, we have the... So we not only have the federal dimension of what you're saying, we also live in these very high tax cities, you know, San Francisco, Palo Alto. And so, yeah. And I think I think by paying higher taxes and not objecting to them, you prove you're a good person.

But for that generation of enlightened centrist liberal, it was, of course, you pay higher taxes because, you know, we're the Democratic Party is an agent of positive social change. And, you know, of course, you want to have a bigger safety net. Of course, you want to fund all these things.

But for that generation of enlightened centrist liberal, it was, of course, you pay higher taxes because, you know, we're the Democratic Party is an agent of positive social change. And, you know, of course, you want to have a bigger safety net. Of course, you want to fund all these things.

programs and you want to fund all these activist campaigns and of course you want that you know the term camelot was never used but there was there was a camelot feeling to it at the time that people must have felt in the early 60s in the same way which is just like wow like yes it's all happening and it's all going to happen and it's going to be great so yeah that was that was like a full-fledged part of the deal but then look quite honestly i am trying in none of this to like claim moral high ground or moral moral sheen or anything but just to kind of take that take the edge off of that if that's what i've come across

programs and you want to fund all these activist campaigns and of course you want that you know the term camelot was never used but there was there was a camelot feeling to it at the time that people must have felt in the early 60s in the same way which is just like wow like yes it's all happening and it's all going to happen and it's going to be great so yeah that was that was like a full-fledged part of the deal but then look quite honestly i am trying in none of this to like claim moral high ground or moral moral sheen or anything but just to kind of take that take the edge off of that if that's what i've come across

Quite honestly, the tax rates didn't really matter because when an internet company worked, it grew so fast and got so valuable that, you know, you just if you work like another three years, you'd make another 10x. And so another 5% higher tax rate washed out of the numbers. And so we weren't forced to really think that hard about it.

Quite honestly, the tax rates didn't really matter because when an internet company worked, it grew so fast and got so valuable that, you know, you just if you work like another three years, you'd make another 10x. And so another 5% higher tax rate washed out of the numbers. And so we weren't forced to really think that hard about it.

It just seemed like this was the formula that would result in everything working.

It just seemed like this was the formula that would result in everything working.

Yeah, that description, by the way, is exactly right. And the California ideology was real and correct. And the Valley had always incarnated a specific version of that.

Yeah, that description, by the way, is exactly right. And the California ideology was real and correct. And the Valley had always incarnated a specific version of that.

So, you know, the two origin points for hippie culture, as we now understand it today, were basically that Laurel Cannon in L.A., which we were not connected to, but they hate Ashbury in San Francisco, which is, you know, at ground zero of tech also.

So, you know, the two origin points for hippie culture, as we now understand it today, were basically that Laurel Cannon in L.A., which we were not connected to, but they hate Ashbury in San Francisco, which is, you know, at ground zero of tech also.

And so, you know, we literally were one of the two kind of inception points for the hippie revolution in the 60s and 70s and the whole general, you know, new left and like all that stuff. By the way, Berkeley also, right, UC Berkeley is hugely important. to the Valley, and of course, Berkeley, you know, the birthplace of the, at the time, what they called the free speech movement.

And so, you know, we literally were one of the two kind of inception points for the hippie revolution in the 60s and 70s and the whole general, you know, new left and like all that stuff. By the way, Berkeley also, right, UC Berkeley is hugely important. to the Valley, and of course, Berkeley, you know, the birthplace of the, at the time, what they called the free speech movement.