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"[T]his #newRight does not really reject globalism but advances a new strain of it [...] The fix it finds in race, culture, and nation is but the most recent iteration of a pro-market philosophy based not on the idea that we are all the same but that we are in a fundamental, and perhaps permanent way, different." - #QuinnSlobodian

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#neoliberalism #inequality #USpolitics #AltRight #UShistory #SiliconValleyRight #FarRight #MontPelerinSociety #racialistRight @histodons

article in today's Boston Review text (at right): Free Markets and Fixed Natures How neoliberals fell in love with “human nature”—the glue that still unites the divergent factions of the new right. Quinn Slobodian History, Neoliberalism images (at left): Charles Murray, Friedrich Hayek, and Elon Musk. Images: Alamy, National Portrait Gallery, London, Gage Skidmore (Flickr)
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"More immediately ominous to people familiar with the systems was the possibility that, by tampering with the code, Elez could cause the systems, in whole or in part, to simply stop working. 'It’s like knowing you have hackers on your network, but nobody lets you do anything about it,' a Treasury employee told WIRED."

Inside Elon #Musk's 'Digital Coup'

wired.com/story/elon-musk-digi
archive.ph/vF0uL
#USpol #USpolitics #DOGE #DOGEbags #TechBros #tech #BigTech #SiliconValleyRight #MAGA

WIRED · Inside Elon Musk’s ‘Digital Coup’By Makena Kelly
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#SpeakingOutOfPlace welcomes Sarah T. Roberts

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⦁"the hidden humans behind #ArtificialIntelligence" & #AI's dependence on hyperexploited outsourced #labour
⦁#DOGE, "an emblem of how #SiliconValley executives have embraced a brand of #tech rapture that disdains and destroys democracy and attacks the idea that people can take care of each other"

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#BigTech #techWorkers #Musk #cyberlibertarianism #technosolutionism #USpol #USpolitics #SiliconValleyRight #DOGEbags

BuzzsproutThe Hidden Humans Behind Artificial Intelligence, and the Sociopathology of Elon Musk: A Conversation with Sarah T. Roberts - Speaking Out of PlaceToday on Speaking Out of Place I talk with Sarah T Roberts about the hidden humans behind Artificial Intelligence, which is reliant on executives and business managers to direct AI to promote their brand and low-level, out-sourced, and poorly paid...
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"[W]e are witnessing something new: the convergence of three strains of politics that have never simultaneously been this proximate to power [..] the Wall Street–#SiliconValley nexus of distressed debt and startup culture; anti–New Deal #conservativeThinkTanks; and the extremely online world of #anarchocapitalism and right-wing accelerationism." - #QuinnSlobodian

What is #DOGE?

nybooks.com/online/2025/02/15/
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#SiliconValleyRight #MAGA #USpol #USpolitics #Musk #DOGEbags #BigTech

The New York Review of BooksSpeed Up the Breakdown | Quinn SlobodianFor the last month, the US opinion-making class has stared agog as Elon Musk and his minions have stormed the engine room of the federal government. Young
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« Alors que les grands patrons des #GAFAM font déjà allégeance au futur 47ème président des Etats-Unis, la #tech accentue-t-elle son virage cyber-autoritaire ? »

entretien avec @parismarx (en angl, avec intro et sous-titrage en fr)

youtu.be/8l63vEnTrUM
#PolitiqueAméricaine #SiliconValleyRight #BigTech #USpol #USpolitics #cyberautoritarisme #AutoritarismeNumérique #lobbys #DroiteTech #DroiteTechAméricaine #MAGA #trumpisme

avant-plan : photo de Paris Marx arrière-plan : drapeau américain titre : « TRUMP / MUSK : LA VICTOIRE DU CYBER-AUTORITARISME ? »
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"Why would the CEO of Tesla want to end a program that makes it cheaper for people to buy #EVs?

"Well, according to Musk, it would devastate #Tesla's rivals. And Tesla wants to keep its strong lead in the US EV market, which recently slipped under 50% for the first time."

Why #Musk supports #Trump getting rid of #EVTaxCredits

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#USpol #USpolitics #MAGA #SiliconValleyRight #TechBros #CronyCapitalism #monopolism #affairisme #tizamis

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"Big names in #BigTech are in for a second #Trump presidency, from Donald Trump’s vice presidential pick, #JDVance, to millions of dollars in monthly campaign donations. What’s behind some #TechBillionaires’ embrace of the right, and how does their vision align with Trump's vision for America?"

guest: @parismarx, host of #TechWontSaveUs

omny.fm/shows/the-take/is-sili
#SiliconValley #SiliconValleyRight #NewRight #TechOligarchs #TechBros #tech #2024election #USpol #USpolitics #GOP

omny.fmIs Silicon Valley going MAGA? - The TakeBig names in Big Tech are in for a second Trump presidency, from Donald Trump’s vice presidential pick, JD Vance, to millions of dollars in monthly campaign donations. What’s behind some tech billionaires’ embrace of the right, and how does their vision align with Trump's vision for America?  In this episode:  Paris Marx (@parismarx), Host, Tech Won't Save Us Episode credits: This episode was produced by Marcos Bartolomé and Veronique Eshaya with Duha Mossad, Khaled Soltan, Manahil Naveed and our host Kevin Hirten, in for Malika Bilal. Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik. Munera Al Dosari and Adam Abou-Gad are our engagement producers. Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera's head of audio. Connect with us: @AJEPodcasts on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Threads and YouTube
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