TRASHFUTURE

Chat, Is this Real?

Apr 29, 2025
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INSIGHT

Elite Radicalization in VCs' Group Chats

  • Venture capitalists and right-wing media figures use secret group chats for radicalizing tech elites and shaping political views.
  • These chats fuel far-right realignment and mainstream opinion shifts rather than leading them.
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Radicalization From Within Elite Echo Chambers

  • Mark Andreessen and peers are radicalized by their own echo chamber, not leading culture but following extreme online communities.
  • These group chats escalate extremism, reinforcing radical views with no institutional consequences.
INSIGHT

Elite Threats Remain Invisible

  • Liberal states fail to see right-wing threats because elite radicalization is invisible and ignored.
  • Counter-extremism focuses on non-elite groups, ignoring dangerous elite right movements that aim to dismantle democracy.
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