The second piece examined how Network State figures like Garry Tan are using their wealth to shift San Francisco politics to the right.
The Tech Plutocrats Dreaming of a Right-Wing San Francisco
newrepublic.com/article/178675…
My piece on Balaji is 3rd in a series on the Network State. My first piece examined how the proposed tech utopia in rural Solano County appears to be aligned with the Network State movement.
The People of Solano County vs the Next Tech Billionaire Dystopia
newrepublic.com/article/177733…
Tan has made it clear that he views his SF political campaign as part of the Network State project. Someone should probably ask him if he agrees with Balaji's vision for the city. As for the Gray Zones...
Once Grays get control of SF, they'll rename streets after tech heroes, erect statues to publicly shame Democrats, & screen propaganda films to stoke hatred of progressivism.
They'll march, 50,000 strong, in a "Gray Pride Parade," with police..and "drones flying overhead"
Balaji says tech "Grays" must take control of San Francisco, street-by-street. This means acquiring property to start creating the dystopian "Gray" zones. On April 3, in my local newsletter, I wrote about what happens next... parallelmirror.com/balaji-sriniva…
Balaji - former partner at Andreessen-Horowitz and former CTO of Coinbase - describes the plan for SF as "tech Zionism." The goal, he suggests, is to seize territory and "ethnically cleanse" Blues (Democrats). SF Dems will be persecuted in other ways, too newrepublic.com/article/180487…
Balaji - an ally of Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan - lays out a disturbing vision for a color-coded apartheid police state. Citizens loyal to tech ("Grays") will don gray shirts, bribe police to serve them, and ban Democrats (blues) from tech-controlled zones.
newrepublic.com/article/180487…
🧵To understand what's happening in San Francisco today, you must examine the extremist politics of the "Network State" cult.
For the @newrepublic, I wrote about Balaji Srinivasan, an influential tech baron seeking to “ethnically cleanse” SF.
Read➡️ newrepublic.com/article/180487… ⬅️
Sounds nuts, but these people are SERIOUS. They're trying to build cities globally (Prospera, Praxis, Telosa, Afropolitan). & they're trying to take SF City Hall in November's election. Garry Tan speaking with BALAJI at the Network State Conference: youtube.com/watch?v=24YF7L…
If you want to go deeper into the tech radical ideology, this new paper by @xriskology and @timnitGebru is the most important resource on the subject. I plan to write an entire piece specifically about this paper, but read it for yourself here: firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/…
Correct. Those selling tech as the solution on the other hand? Well benevolent, stand up , morally-superior men who are absolutely powerless in this world of ours, living from hand to mouth.
Correct. Those selling tech as the solution on the other hand? Well benevolent, stand up , morally-superior men who are absolutely powerless in this world of ours, living from hand to mouth.
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