> We are looking at a simple trade against personal liberty — abortion, the rights of gay and trans people, and possibly democracy itself — in favor of crypto, AI, and a tax policy they like better.
> For Horowitz, “probably the most emotional topic” is crypto — a16z started a $4.5 billion crypto fund in 2022, and the pair believe that the Biden administration has been deeply unfair to crypto. In Horowitz’s view, the Biden administration “basically subverted the rule of law to attack the crypto industry.”
So spineless opportunists get caught with their pants down thanks to the scams they’ve been investing in, so they’re going to further debase themselves in a cynical attempt to make their money back by backing a demented felon.
Does a16z have any reputation left to trash? I expect to find out any day that they’ve been investing in all those foreign call centers that scam elderly people because that’s their main AI play now.