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I don’t think that is a fair characterisation of Andreessen.

He’s always been a Democrat, including supporting Obama and Clinton.

His recent support of Trump appears to be a tactical reaction to some of the misbehaviour during the Biden administration such as debanking political rivals and encouraging race-based hiring.



He is a legit Moldbug techno-fascism believer now.


No he hasn't! He's been a Republican all that time and supported Romney.

https://www.businessinsider.com/surprise-silicon-valleys-her...

People are just so surprised to find out he's a Republican that whenever it happens they assume he's a recent convert.


Not really.

He wanted Romney to win the Republican primary, believing him to be more pro-tech than the other candidates, but he ultimately he supported and voted for Obama in that election.


He's pretty explicitly said it's because the Biden administration tried to do the smallest amount of regulation in the tech industry. When Obama and Clinton let the tech barons run wild, he was happy to be a Democrat.


A16Z specifically doesn't have exposure to the big tech anti-monopoly stuff the last decade. They've just been doing crypto scams for the last decade.


Yeah, and the previous administration was pretty anti crypto.


Someone has forgotten the Clipper Chip.


He's openly neo-reactionary for fucks sake


> misbehaviour during the Biden administration such as debanking political rivals

"Both Sides" Citation, please. Really interested in learning more (but no paywalls if possible).


Operation Chokepoint 2.0 is what you're looking for here. The FDIC is accused of violating the APA and some constitutional amendments during the Biden presidency for it.




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