Summary

Tech leaders who once backed Trump are fed up as his second term descends into chaos.

Venture capitalists and startup founders complain about erratic policies and feel burned by crypto bro schemes like $Trump coin, which tanked after launch.

Appointing David Sacks as “crypto czar” only fueled suspicions of cronyism, while proposed defense budget cuts leave companies like Anduril and Palantir reeling.

Even billionaire allies like Jeff Bezos are souring as tariffs and economic uncertainty hit their bottom line. “Everyone is annoyed,” says one disillusioned founder.

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    They’re mad because he’s ruining their income, we’re mad because he’s ruining the country; we are not the same.

    Fuck them.

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      Fuck this comment hits hard!

      With people like Peter thiel running this god damned industry, who also bankrolled trump, I feel no sympathy!

      Fuck em all! You got what you thought you wanted!

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    All these unprincipled fucks naming their companies after things from LOTR belies their complete lack of understanding of Tolkien and his morality. He’d fucking hate them all.

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    They’re jangling their keys in front of the Democrats now to:

    • hedge their bets in case of Trump unpopularity and a midterm loss and
    • preclude any anti-corportist reform in that party after their blowout loss
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    Annoyed? ANNOYED? OH POOR BABIES.

    Must be nice to be “annoyed” by what is going on right now.

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    I wonder how many of them voted for qon assholes like donvict for the tax cuts and to combat “DEI” at least a little bit (or at least dunk on the 13 trans people in college sports nationwide or whatever the fuck) but they didn’t want the monkey-flinging-shit level of batshit insanity that donvict has been doing…

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    They thought he was going to go full deregulation like the first term, but instead he went full Nazi, but that’s even disengenous, because the Nazi’s had a plan, this is just oppositional fascism without reason.

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    probably not delivering on his promises, giving them unfettered access with AI.

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      No, he’s delivering everything Peter thiel wanted. He is literally destroying the United(emphasis on that previous word) states.

      Rich fucks don’t like us being able to survive.

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    Will they do something about it once their “tech” is wiped out? Their wealthy dissolved? Can they do anything about it once they’re wiped out? (or will they be like the rest of us - unable to overcome the sheer weight of counter-computation we fight against now?)

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    Who’s ready for the new Trump salad dressing? Et tu, Jeff?

    The world is fucked, but we’re about to get the best salad dressing ever.