#DavidSacks, who is a #crypto adviser to #Trump & another founding member, said the goal is *not* to create a venue for #access. Rather, he said in a recent podcast, “we want a place to hang out in DC” for the “younger, hipper, #Trump-aligned #Republican.”

Even as these real-life ventures were playing out, another push for #profit was underway in the virtual world. Investors in the $Trump #memecoin are bidding to become the top 220 owners of the collectible coin & win a dinner w/the president…

So last night I stumbled across this twenty-five minute interview with Guardian reporter Chris McGreal on Democracy Now!" Most of the conversation centers around the Musk family's longtime connections with Nazism (like literally the Third Reich) and neo-nazi movements, as well as how growing up in Apartheid South Africa shaped Elon Musk's worldview. Interestingly however, this is probably the first time I've ever seen anyone who works in corporate media mention that Peter Thiel, and David Sacks also have deep connections to apartheid societies in Africa. As you're likely aware, all three men have intimate connections with, and have financially supported, Trump and the larger fascist movement that's built around his cult of personality.

I'm sharing it here at least in part because McGreal is very firmly a mainstream media source, and until very recently this type of background information on the billionaire nazis ruining our society as we speak, really didn't get a lot of play in the mainstream media. This kind of critical background information wasn't necessarily a "secret," but corporate media has always been far too fawning towards tech billionaires to bring up "inconvenient truths" like the reality that the richest guy in the world, who is currently helping to enact a white nationalist agenda in America, comes from a family full of cracker nazis.

Edit: to be clear, I'm not saying that nobody ever rises above a reactionary upbringing here; I grew up in just such an environment myself and I think I've done a pretty good job of not turning out to be a nazi. If however, someone, let's just say a handful of the richest guys on earth, spends a lot of time promoting fascist, white supremacist ideology, and helping fascists and white supremacists win elections, and then directly influences policy decisions that affect entire countries (if not the world) in a way that promotes fascist, white supremacist hierarchies, the fact that they were raised in an Apartheid environment surrounded by people who love nazis, is probably relevant. Sorry for the edit; I forgot we live on the dumbest timeline and thus you have to explain things like this to avoid disingenuous muppetry.

Democracy Now: Elon Musk's Family History in South Africa Reveals Ties to Apartheid & Neo-Nazi Movements

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ahv3IKzMdHA

Tightly guarded by security, #DonaldTrumpJr donned custom #MAGA buttons on his shirt as he swiftly made his way into the innermost chamber of the VIP section, a room barricaded by a rotating bouncer and only allowing in certain guests. Along w/ #DavidSacks, & #House Speaker #MikeJohnson, he could be seen conversing w/ #FredThiel, CEO of mining company #MARAHoldings.

Also in attendance…was #MicroStrategy founder #MichaelSaylor, wearing his trademark orange bow tie, a nod to #bitcoin…, #Ripple CEO #BradGarlinghouse & top execs at #Coinbase, including global #policy head #FaryarShirzad….

The #Winklevoss twins chatted w/Chris Dixon of #AndreessenHorowitz & his colleague, Sriram Krishnan, who left his role…at the firm to join #DavidSacks’ task force. #BoHines, #Trump’s choice to lead the Presidential Council of Advisers for #DigitalAssets, was also present.…

“'No blacks or Hispanics have any of these jobs or any access to these jobs,' Bannon said.

'Peter Thiel, David [Sacks], Elon Musk, are all white South Africans,' Bannon observed. 'He should go back to South Africa. Why do we have South Africans, the most racist people on earth, white South Africans, we have them making any comments at all on what goes on in the United States?'"

#Bannon #Musk #immigration #Trump #PeterThiel #DavidSacks #SouthAfrica #racism #MAGA
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"Elon Musk, the richest man on Earth, spent more than $250 million of his own money to help elect Donald Trump, who is a privileged son of a real estate tycoon who inherited and squandered hundreds of millions of dollars. Musk’s tech-bro buddy, David Sacks, another racist billionaire from South Africa, has been tapped by Trump to be the 'Czar of AI and Crypto.'”

~ Wajahat Ali

#Trump #ElonMusk #EconomicElites #broligarchy #DavidSacks #Ramaswamy
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https://thelefthook.substack.com/p/the-united-states-of-broligarchy

I wrote about Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan briefly in this piece which described the people in a photograph from July that included from front left to back right: Ken Howery, Shervin Pishevar, Shane Coplan, Donald Trump, Jr., Omeed Malik and David Sacks.

#Polymarket #ShayneCoplan #Thiel #OmeedMalik #DonaldTrumpJr #DavidSacks #KenHowery #ShervinPishevar

https://newstracs.com/chart-and-overview-of-key-links-for-jd-vance-with-thiel-mercer-rockbridge/2024/07/29/

The author of the story was one of #Thiel’s protégés at Stanford, #DavidSacks, a fellow ideologue on the make. In 1995, the 2 men jointly wrote a book attacking #multiculturalism, “The Diversity Myth.” Several yrs later, they reunited at a company called Confinity, which became #PayPal after merging w/a competitor founded by a young #ElonMusk. Their revolutionary, techno-*utopian* vision was baked into the business plan:PayPal was designed to render the dollar obsolete.
#RulingClass #Aristocracy

@wdlindsy

>> The #broligarchs who played a leading role in getting #Trump to choose #Vance — #ElonMusk, #DavidSacks, #PeterThiel — are showing signs of disenchantment

Not ALL #VentureCapitalist bets bear fruit.

A #VC is a harsh mistress. #JDVance should be worried

“His campaign would have you believe that our nation’s top chief #executives are returning to support Trump for #POTUS, touting declarations of support from some prominent financiers #SteveSchwarzman & #DavidSacks.”

“That is far from the #truth. They didn’t flock to him before, & they certainly aren’t flocking to him now. #Trump continues to suffer from the lowest level of #corporate support in the history of the #Republican Party.

@davetroy

(3/n)

"...days at #PayPal. Former PayPal COO #DavidSacks said, in 2017, “#Bitcoin is fulfilling PayPal’s original vision to create a ‘new world currency.’"

"...PayPal co-founder #LukeNosek confirmed in 2019, “The initial mission of PayPal was to create a *global currency* that was independent of interference by … corrupt cartels of banks and governments that were debasing their currencies.”..."

Does this sound familiar?

"Former PayPal COO David...Sacks..."

@davetroy

(2/n)

...thread not just one) on my
#twitter account, before I was banned shortly after:

"If #Musk’s Twitter purchase price seemed inflated based on legacy metrics, ask instead: what is it worth to him, Putin and his investors to shift the world into a new financial regime? It’s obviously infinitely valuable...*any price* is worth the cost."

"...Musk’s friends, specifically #PeterThiel, #DavidSacks, and #RodDMartin, have been trying to replace the dollar since..."