JD Vance's selection as Donald Trump's VP candidate is a win for broligarchs everywhere. But, what is a broligarch? This term describes right-wing tech billionaires like Elon Musk and Peter Thiel who have bankrolled JD Vance's rise to power and stand to benefit greatly if he and Trump win in November. Join writer Jay Kuo in breaking down the broligarchy with a new piece from The Big Picture. https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/vance-broligarchs-musk-thiel-2024
What happens to the ‘broligarhs’ if Trump and Vance fail to get elected?
@georgetakei Also called The Nerd Reich
@georgetakei I've always felt, but especially lately, that if a candidate is backed by the ultra-wealthy, then they are not a good choice for regular people.
@georgetakei I love that term
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Details of Musk's recently publicized relationship with his daughter are sufficient for a non-professional to accurately classify him as belonging somewhere within the narcissistic-sociopathic spectrum. His long and repeated abuse was abjectly cold-hearted and deeply disturbing. What normal father can tell one of his children that they are 'dead' to him because of the nature with which they were born?
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(in this century, within the western world) should have added.
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They're the worst; all three of them.
@georgetakei While messing around in #InfiniteCraft, I created the word “Broliocracy” (possibly by combining “Brolien” with “Democracy”; I’m not sure). Consider that a possible future for a United Stated run by the Broligarchy.
The word "Broligarchy" has now entered my vocabulary.
@georgetakei Carole Cadwalladr has done yeoman's work in her investigative reporting on Thiel, crypto, and the buying of Shady Vance. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/20/tech-broligarchs-court-trump-vance-elon-musk-peter-thiel