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If your sneer seems higher quality than you thought, feel free to cutā€™nā€™paste it into its own post ā€” thereā€™s no quota for posting and the bar really isnā€™t that high.

The post Xitter web has spawned soo many ā€œesotericā€ right wing freaks, but thereā€™s no appropriate sneer-space for them. Iā€™m talking redscare-ish, reality challenged ā€œculture criticsā€ who write about everything but understand nothing. Iā€™m talking about reply-guys who make the same 6 tweets about the same 3 subjects. Theyā€™re inescapable at this point, yet I donā€™t see them mocked (as much as they should be)

Like, there was one dude a while back who insisted that women couldnā€™t be surgeons because they didnā€™t believe in the moon or in stars? I think each and every one of these guys is uniquely fucked up and if I canā€™t escape them, I would love to sneer at them.

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    speaking of technofascism, weā€™re at the stage where supposed Democrat billionaires like the Andreesen Horowitz fuckers suddenly come out in support of Trump:

    Marc Andreessen, the co-founder of one of the most prominent venture capital firms in Silicon Valley, says heā€™s been a Democrat most of his life. He says he has endorsed and voted for Bill Clinton, Al Gore, John Kerry, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.

    However, he says heā€™s no longer loyal to the Democratic Party. In the 2024 presidential race, he is supporting and voting for former President Donald Trump. The reason he is choosing Trump over President Joe Biden boils down primarily to one major issue ā€” he believes Trumpā€™s policies are much more favorable for tech, specifically for the startup ecosystem.

    none of this should be surprising, but it should be called out every time it happens, and weā€™re gonna see it happen a lot in the days ahead. these fuckers finally feel secure in taking their masks off, and thatā€™s not good.

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      Apparently the ā€œstartup ecosystemā€ matters more than the ecosystem of, you know, actual living things.

      These people are just amazingly fucking evil.

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      Democrat?? AHā€™s previous hit was the one where they enthusiastically endorsed literally the co-author of the original Fascist manifesto

      and a16z does get Yarvin in to dispense wisdom and insight

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        See, I feel like the Democrats have had a pretty strong technocrat wing that is much more in synch with Neoreaction than people care to acknowledge. As the right shifts towards pursuing the pro-racist anti-women anti-lgbt aspects of their agenda through the courts rather than the ballot box, it seems like the fault lines between the technocratic fascists and the theocratic fascists are thinner than the lines between the techfash and the progressives.

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      I donā€™t understand why people take him at face value when he claims heā€™s always been a Democrat up until now. Heā€™s historically made large contributions to candidates from both parties, but generally more Republicans than Democrats, and also Republican PACs like Protect American Jobs. Here is his personal record.

      Since 2023, he picked up and donated ~$20,000,000 to Fairshake, a crypto PAC which predominantly funds candidates running against Democrats.

      Has he moved right? Sure. Was he ever left? No, this is the voting record of someone who wants to buy power from candidates belonging to both parties. If it implies anything, it implies he currently finds Republicans to be corruptible.