Marc Andreessen

So COVID was a giant radicalizing moment. And then by that point we had lived through eight years of what was sort of increasingly clearly a social revolution. Like very clearly like companies basically being hijacked to be engines of social change, social revolution. You know, the employee base is going feral.

So COVID was a giant radicalizing moment. And then by that point we had lived through eight years of what was sort of increasingly clearly a social revolution. Like very clearly like companies basically being hijacked to be engines of social change, social revolution. You know, the employee base is going feral.

You know, there were cases in the, you know, in the Trump era, there were companies, multiple companies I know that felt like they were hours away from full-blown violent riots on their own campuses by their own employees. Things got really aggressive during that period.

You know, there were cases in the, you know, in the Trump era, there were companies, multiple companies I know that felt like they were hours away from full-blown violent riots on their own campuses by their own employees. Things got really aggressive during that period.

So, you know, I go from watching Brian Williams every night and just being lied to, you know, 500 nights in a row, you know, to basically, you know, reading the Mueller report, reading the Horowitz IG report, you know, and just being like, oh my God, none of this is true. And then you try to explain to people this isn't true.

So, you know, I go from watching Brian Williams every night and just being lied to, you know, 500 nights in a row, you know, to basically, you know, reading the Mueller report, reading the Horowitz IG report, you know, and just being like, oh my God, none of this is true. And then you try to explain to people this isn't true.

And then they get really mad at you because how can you, you know, how can you possibly have any sympathy for a fascist?

And then they get really mad at you because how can you, you know, how can you possibly have any sympathy for a fascist?

And people like me, there were quite a few people like me. Now, none of us were sticking our heads up at that point because it was like, to be clear, way too dangerous. Like none of us were like, I don't think particularly moral heroes in that point. But there were lots and lots of underground peer to peer discussions kind of from call it 2018 through to 2021 saying, OK, things are off the rails.

And people like me, there were quite a few people like me. Now, none of us were sticking our heads up at that point because it was like, to be clear, way too dangerous. Like none of us were like, I don't think particularly moral heroes in that point. But there were lots and lots of underground peer to peer discussions kind of from call it 2018 through to 2021 saying, OK, things are off the rails.

Anyways, so my point is like we were softened up for we were already softened up for the Biden sort of radicalization. And then when the Biden administration turned out to be far more radical than even we thought that they were going to be, then that's what generated the response.

Anyways, so my point is like we were softened up for we were already softened up for the Biden sort of radicalization. And then when the Biden administration turned out to be far more radical than even we thought that they were going to be, then that's what generated the response.

Yeah, they came for tech and they came for business in a very broad-based way. And everything that I'm going to describe also, it turns out, I found out later happened in the energy industry, and I think it happened in a bunch of other industries, but the CEOs felt like they couldn't talk about it.

Yeah, they came for tech and they came for business in a very broad-based way. And everything that I'm going to describe also, it turns out, I found out later happened in the energy industry, and I think it happened in a bunch of other industries, but the CEOs felt like they couldn't talk about it.

But the problem is like the raw application of the power of the administrative state, the raw application of regulation, and then the raw arbitrary, not just enforcement of that regulation, promulgation of that regulation. It was increasing insertion into basic staffing, mandated enforcement of DEI in very destructive ways.

But the problem is like the raw application of the power of the administrative state, the raw application of regulation, and then the raw arbitrary, not just enforcement of that regulation, promulgation of that regulation. It was increasing insertion into basic staffing, mandated enforcement of DEI in very destructive ways.

You know, some of these agencies have their own in-house courts, which is bananas, but also just like straight up threats and bullying. Mark Zuckerberg just talked about this on Rogan, like direct phone calls from senior members of the administration, screaming executives, ordering them to do things just like full on. Fuck you. We own you. We control you. You're going to do what we want.

You know, some of these agencies have their own in-house courts, which is bananas, but also just like straight up threats and bullying. Mark Zuckerberg just talked about this on Rogan, like direct phone calls from senior members of the administration, screaming executives, ordering them to do things just like full on. Fuck you. We own you. We control you. You're going to do what we want.

We're going to destroy you. And then they just came after crypto, absolutely tried to kill us. I mean, they just ran this incredible, basically, terror campaign to try to kill crypto. And then they were ramping into a similar campaign to try to kill AI. And that's really when we knew that we had to really get involved in politics.

We're going to destroy you. And then they just came after crypto, absolutely tried to kill us. I mean, they just ran this incredible, basically, terror campaign to try to kill crypto. And then they were ramping into a similar campaign to try to kill AI. And that's really when we knew that we had to really get involved in politics.