rant · moment 9 of 21
Do Tech People Actually Love America?
from Tech People & Celebrating Nothing | The Tim Dillon Show #423 · #423
3 min
He questions whether Silicon Valley figures genuinely love the country or are just laundering their ambitions (Mars, AI merger, immortality) through the MAGA movement to get contracts and money, and predicts Trump won't let himself be used.
- Tim asks whether tech people actually love America or if they primarily love technology and its possibilities.
- Tech people talk about going to Mars, living forever, and merging with AI instead of showing genuine patriotism.
- Tim questions whether the tech community is using Trump to secure government contracts and money.
- Trump has instincts about people that come from being a casino magnate raised in Queens, making him difficult to manipulate.
- This could be the first major rift where people question whether tech's support for Trump and his policies is genuine.
- Are tech leaders trying to launder their ideas through the MAGA movement rather than genuinely caring about American workers?
- People in tech want to accomplish things, and those ideas require money, permission, and government contracts to happen.