The powerful tend to like the idea of less democratic governments / rigging the game (business) so they win. It's easy, they're not interested in competing in a market (ideas or business) if they can simply cuddle up to a despot and easily get theirs. So we see many line up to take their turn to bend the knee.
There's a weird idea among those on the right in the US where they see business people as somehow having some good insights as far business overall (the market) for the country. But really many of those who gain power are very much not interested in competing / open markets / competition, quite the opposite. They got theirs and for many the inclination is to close the door (market) behind them.
ddddang · 1h ago
This was on the front page and just disappeared - wonder if this site censors stuff even though this was a well thought out and well written article.
ixtli · 51m ago
i posted it again after it dissapeared the first time, then my post was flagged on and off. i think the mods are arguing lol
jihadjihad · 1h ago
It was marked [flagged] and [dead], I read it and vouched for it, possibly others did the same.
ddddang · 1h ago
wonder if there bots that monitor this site and flag articles that are meant to be 'censored'.
I'm surprised he lumped in MIT; I thought they were more score/grade-based in their admissions which I did not expect Marc to oppose.
k310 · 1h ago
I vividly recall a Christmas message from him, which I can't find in the archives, "Merry Fucking Christmas" having to do with his work on Mosaic browser and the lack of adulation shown him for having done so.
"Privilege," whether through one's birth, skin color, past achievements and so on, when it turns to exceptionalism, is the ruination of society here and in the world.
Truly good people use their gifts and achievements to lift others up.
Empty shells seek to cut others down.
"Libertarianism" seems nowadays to mean complete freedom for me, and not for you.
> The communist millennials who entered the workforce in the 2010s sought to destroy every institution they touched
its so fulfilling to know someone as rich and powerful as Andreessen has acknowledged my hard work :)
msie · 1h ago
So sad, all the money in the world and somehow he believes he's a victim.
ixtli · 1h ago
i find that reactionaries of all kinds put a lot of work into the mental gymanastics required to argue that somehow they are the real victims of injustice and it usually boils down to "people wont let me do whatever i want and also love me"
taylodl · 1h ago
What’s truly sad isn’t that he feels victimized - it’s that he’s using his wealth and influence to settle personal scores. That’s not leadership; it’s grievance-fueled ego. It’s moral immaturity dressed in power.
There's a weird idea among those on the right in the US where they see business people as somehow having some good insights as far business overall (the market) for the country. But really many of those who gain power are very much not interested in competing / open markets / competition, quite the opposite. They got theirs and for many the inclination is to close the door (market) behind them.
https://archive.ph/lhknB
Link to NYT article:
https://archive.ph/rVUAf
"Privilege," whether through one's birth, skin color, past achievements and so on, when it turns to exceptionalism, is the ruination of society here and in the world.
Truly good people use their gifts and achievements to lift others up.
Empty shells seek to cut others down.
"Libertarianism" seems nowadays to mean complete freedom for me, and not for you.
graphic (postimages.org)
https://i.postimg.cc/YqFrtzXg/Four-Libertarian-Freedoms-1.jp...
its so fulfilling to know someone as rich and powerful as Andreessen has acknowledged my hard work :)