And to be clear SV VCs have absolutely been part and party of this.

Where are the militias in all of this? I was told they were anti-government.

A party that ties its strategy to polls is doomed to being jerked about by opposition maneuvers, and the opposition has been carpet-bombing the playing field with one outrage after another.

The Democratic party does have a core platform of values, mainly on labor, Social Security, health care, equality and growing the economy from the bottom and middle, a.k.a. Bidenomics. But between elections, the messaging is dead silent, as noted by the article and party activists. Only the anti-Oligarchy tour is active right now.

Whereas, the GOP has a 24 by 7 by 365 propaganda machine. The odd fact is that the current GOP is the exact opposite of "small government", "no interference" and "fiscal conservatism" of the "vanished" GOP, but the propaganda machine completed a full reversal of the party platform, burying it in "populist" demagoguery.

Much of Silicon Valley has supported the extreme libertarian stance, I suspect, out of fear of regulation, and love of tax breaks.

Just as magas ignore the devastating economic effects just starting to roll in, because they get to "own the libs, minorities, immigrants and so on", Valley bigwigs ignore the assault on immigrants, and on university R&D which is the lifeblood of innovation. "But the tax breaks, But the ability to buy favorable breaks from tariffs and other heavy-handed "orders".

Whether the libertarianism is a core philosophy, as it seems to be with many Valley bigwigs, or just a way to undo constitutional guarantees, there is an "uncommon common ground" so to speak.

As one poster put it: [0] graphic at postimages.org

THE FOUR LIBERTARIAN FREEDOMS

1. Freedom to take any damn thing you want.

2. Freedom to do any damn thing you want

3. Freedom to run business with zero regulations and taxes

4. Freedom from "Government" even if that means taking it over by lies and coercion.

As for the "Valley View", I have posted here previously, [1] in a thread about Curtis Yarvin. It "Ayn" pretty.

Edit to add: It is likely that Vance, Musk and Thiel will take over when the leader's health fails. The "crypto bro" coup will be complete. These tidbits should not be ignored. Two-thirds, South African immigrants? What irony?

[0] https://i.postimg.cc/YqFrtzXg/Four-Libertarian-Freedoms-1.jp...

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45009587#45009987