Four short years ago, Silicon Valley was perhaps the best physical representation of the Left: godless, tyrannical, and full of shit.
Twitter cofounder Jack Dorsey blocked real journalism about Hunter Biden before the 2020 election, then slunk off to create Bluesky, a social media hub for screeching leftists and their journalist friends. Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg spent $350 million to "save" the 2020 election (that is, use purportedly nonpartisan aims to ensure Donald Trump's loss) while bankrolling DEI initiatives. Google and YouTube became censorship machines. The tech world was pouring billions into campaigns for Biden and other Democrats.
The modern tech bro was at a crossroads. He knew his world was crumbling around him. But what would he do about it? Build a statue of his well-endowed girlfriend? Bunker down in his Maui mansion? No. That wouldn't do. It was time to make Silicon Valley Great Again.
Before long, a gangly bunch of somewhat autistic rich guys—think The Avengers, but with Asperger's—came together to do just that. They include
David Sacks, the former "PayPal Mafia" member who raised $12 million for Trump in the heart of Nancy Pelosi's San Francisco—much to the annoyance of sex pest Jeffrey Epstein's pal Reid Hoffman. Sacks will soon serve in the White House as an AI and crypto czar, where he's plotting to unleash American innovation and show the world who's (still) the boss.
Elon Musk, who needs no introduction. Musk endorsed Trump after The Donald was almost assassinated, then sunk a cool $200 million into Trump's ground game. The Tesla CEO has vowed to flush D.C.'s bloated bureaucracies with the same ruthless efficiency he brought to Twitter, where he fired 80 percent of the staff. Godspeed.
Peter Thiel, the PayPal cofounder, was one of Silicon Valley's earliest Trump allies. But his legacy was outsized this year, as his mentee J.D. Vance became Trump's vice president.
Marc Andreessen, whose MAGA journey started in 2016, when a Latino waiter helped him realize Trump was "fantastic." Andreessen is the philosopher-venture-capitalist we didn't know we needed. He quotes freely from Cicero. He loves to call out government tyranny. And he's leading the online charge against freak loser Taylor Lorenz. What more could we ask for?
Palmer Luckey, the whiz kid turned weapons manufacturer. Luckey was defamed in 2016 as "the Worst" by Wired magazine for backing MAGA, but he ended up emerging with the last laugh. Now he's trying to make drones that will invariably be used to kill Iran-backed terrorists. A man after our own hearts.
Congrats, bros. For putting your technological brains to work to save the Republic and remake Silicon Valley, you're all Washington Free Beacon Men of the Year.
